Franklin Nyenetue

Franklin Nyenetue

Personal information
Full name	Franklin Daliba Nyenetue
Date of birth	(2000-11-16) 16 November 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Liberia [1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Egersund
Number	77
Youth career
–2013	Tangmoen
2014–2015	Stjørdals-Blink
2016–2020	Rosenborg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020	Rosenborg	0	(0)
2020	→ Stjørdals-Blink (loan)	9	(1)
2021–2023	Sandefjord	73	(8)
2024–	Kristiansund	18	(0)
2025–	→ Egersund (loan)	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 August 2025

Franklin Daliba "Daddys Boy" Nyenetue (born 16 November 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for Egersund, on loan from Kristiansund. ^[2]

Career

Hailing from Stjørdal Municipality, he started his career in Tangmoen IL and played football for IL Stjørdals-Blink before joining Rosenborg BK's boys under-16 team. ^[3] For Rosenborg's senior team, he appeared once on the bench before being loaned out in the latter half of 2020 to Stjørdals-Blink. ^[4] Ahead of the 2021 season he was picked up by Sandefjord Fotball, ^[5] where he made his Eliteserien debut in May 2021 against Mjøndalen. ^[3]

Personal life

On the middle name "Daddys Boy", he explained that he was originally named Daliba, growing up in Liberia. It was changed upon his arrival with his family in Norway at the age of 3. ^[1]

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 June 2025 ^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rosenborg	2020	Eliteserien	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Stjørdals-Blink (loan)	2020	1. divisjon	9	1	0	0	1 [a]	0	10	1
Sandefjord	2021	Eliteserien	23	0	2	1	—		25	1
	2022		27	2	3	1	2 [b]	1	32	4
	2023		23	6	1	0	—		24	6
	Total		73	8	6	2	2	1	81	11
Kristiansund	2024	Eliteserien	16	0	3	0	0	0	19	0
	2025		2	0	4	0	0	0	6	0
	Total		18	0	7	0	0	0	25	0
Egersund (loan)	2025	1. divisjon	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Career total			101	9	13	2	3	1	117	12

1. Appearance in 1. divisjon relegation play-offs
2. Appearances in Eliteserien play-offs

References

1. "Røper hemmeligheten bak Norges råeste navn". Trønder-Avisa (in Norwegian). 9 September 2020. p. 17.
2. "Franklin har signert for KBK" (in Norwegian). Kristiansund BK. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
3. Franklin Nyenetue at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
4. Franklin Nyenetue at Soccerway
5. "RBK-talent til SF: – Føler meg veldig klar" (in Norwegian). Sandefjord Fotball. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.