Julia Karlernäs

Julia Karlernäs (also spelled Karlenäs; born 6 October 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie A club FC Como Women and the Sweden women's national team.^[2]

Julia Karlernäs

Karlernäs with Hammarby in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Julia Helena Maria Karlernäs
Date of birth	(1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Torsby, Sweden[1]
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Como
Number	16
Youth career
	Västanviks AIF
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	Embry–Riddle Eagles	21	(8)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2014	Mallbackens IF	78	(17)
2015	Hammarby	21	(1)
2016	Mallbackens IF	22	(3)
2017–2020	Piteå IF	102	(38)
2020–2021	Sevilla	19	(0)
2021–2022	BK Häcken	13	(0)
2022–2025	Como	70	(16)
International career‡
2018–	Sweden	5	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:16, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Club career

In the 2018 Damallsvenskan season, Karlernäs's 11 goals from midfield helped Piteå secure the League title and won her the Most Valuable Player award. She signed a new contract with the club shortly afterwards.^[3]

International career

Karlernäs was called up to the senior Sweden squad for the first time in June 2018.^[4] On 30 August 2018 she won her first cap as a substitute in a 3–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying win over Ukraine at Gamla Ullevi. She won a second cap and made her first start for the national team in October, in a 2–1 win over rivals Norway.^[5]

Karlernäs has competed in the UEFA Women's champions league with Piteå IF in 2019 and with BK Häcken in 2021.