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Julia Margareta Zigiotti Olme (born 24 December 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Women’s Super League club Manchester United and the Sweden national team.
Zigiotti Olme joined the youth ranks of Bollstanäs SK in her home locality of Upplands Väsby, making her senior debut in her mid-teens. Between 2014 and 2018, she played with AIK and Hammarby in Sweden’s Damallsvenskan.
Zigiotti Olme joined Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC from Hammarby in 2018. In November 2020, Zigiotti Olme won the Damallsvenskan with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, the club’s first league title. Just days after the win, the club announced its plans to cease operations. This decision was shortly reversed, but the club became part of BK Häcken, operating under the name Bollklubben Häcken Fotbollsförening (BK Häcken FF). Zigiotti Olme underwent surgery on both hips in December 2020, and was sidelined for six months.
In October 2021, Zigiotti Olme was on the bench as Häcken missed out on a chance to win their second Damallsvenskan title; her agent alleged that she was excluded from the match because she had not signed a new contract…
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