Friday Etim
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Friday Ubi Etim | ||
| Date of birth | 21 May 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Midtjylland | ||
| Number | 90 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| DN10 Football Academy | |||
| 2021 | Dominion Hotspurs | ||
| 2021–2022 | Vizela | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Vizela | 21 | (2) |
| 2023–2025 | Mafra | 33 | (7) |
| 2025– | Midtjylland | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 July 2025 | |||
Friday Ubi Etim (born 21 May 2002) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Danish Superliga club Midtjylland.
Club career
[edit | edit source]A youth product of Dominion Hotspurs and DN10 Football Academy.[1] Etim moved to Vizela U23s on 2 September 2021, signing until 2025.[2] With the Vizela U23s he was named the top scorer for the 2021-22 Liga Revelação season.[3] He made his professional debut with Vizela in a 3–1 Taça de Portugal loss to Porto on 12 January 2022.[4] He was promoted to their Primeira Liga squad ahead of the 2022-23 season.[5]
On 30 June 2023, Etim signed for Liga Portugal 2 club Mafra,[6] for a transfer fee reported to be over €1 million.[7]
On 20 June 2025, Danish club FC Midtjylland announced the signing of Etim, on a contract until summer 2029.[8]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 27 August 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vizela | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 22 | 3 | ||
| Total | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 25 | 3 | |||
| Mafra | 2023–24 | Liga Portugal 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Liga Portugal 2 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 8 | ||
| Total | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 8 | |||
| Midtjylland | 2025–26 | Danish Superliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Career total | 55 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 11 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Friday Etim at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Friday Etim at BDFutbolLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lagos
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- F.C. Vizela players
- C.D. Mafra players
- FC Midtjylland players
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Danish Superliga players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
- Nigerian football forward stubs