Kenneth Nysæther (born 17 February 1970) is a Norwegian

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who played as both a defender and

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Career

Active in both Norway and the Netherlands between 1989 and 2001, Nysæther made over 200 career appearances at high levels, scoring over 50 goals. Born in Drammen, Nysæther played club football for Lillestrøm,

Vålerenga Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for it ...

Strømsgodset Strømsgodset is a former municipality in Vestfold county (from 1964 Buskerud county), Norway, today a part of the city of Drammen. History Strømsgodset was originally a small rural annex to the city parish of Bragernes (Drammen). But since th ...

, Fortuna Sittard, HamKam and

Skjetten Skjetten is a town in Lillestrøm municipality, Viken county, Norway. It is located approximately 20 kilometres northeast of Oslo's city centre with a population of 10 000. Skjetten has five kindergartens, two primary schools and a secondary schoo ...

/ Romerike. He then continued his career at a lower level. He played for Skjetten now and then, before returning to the Lillestrøm system as a youth coach. Ahead of the 2008 season he left to become playing assistant coach in Aurskog-Finstadbru. In 2009, he joined local rivals

Høland Høland is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. History Høland was created in 1837 as a formannskapsdistrikt, a Norwegian local self-government district. The district Setskog was separated from Høland to form a separate municipali ...

. After only one season he returned to Skjetten, this time as playing head coach. He earned one cap for the Norwegian under-21 team in 1990.

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1970 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Lillestrøm SK players Vålerenga Fotball players Strømsgodset Toppfotball players Fortuna Sittard players Hamarkameratene players Skjetten SK players Eliteserien players Norwegian football managers Footballers from Drammen Men's association football defenders Men's association football forwards {{Norway-footy-defender-stub