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Hørður Askham

Faroese footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ67183636 ↗
Source-derived summary

Hørður Heðinsson Askham (born 22 September 1994) is a Faroese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish 2nd Division club FC Roskilde and the Faroe Islands national team.

Career

Askham made his international debut for Faroe Islands on 5 September 2019 in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Sweden, which finished as a 0–4 home loss.

On 25 July 2023, Askham moved to Denmark, to play for Danish 2nd Division club AB Gladsaxe. He signed a contract until 30 June 2025. On 15 August 2024 it was confirmed that Askham moved to newly promoted Danish 1st Division club FC Roskilde on a deal until June 2026.

He will leave the club on 30 June 2026, when his contract expires.

Career statistics

International

As of 5 September 2019

Personal life

Askham works as a Builder while also playing football.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Hørður Askham” as faroese footballer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 2019, 2020, 2023—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994-09-22. The account is most persuasive where Hørður, Askham and Faroese can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as faroese footballer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q67183636. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1994, 2019, 2020 and 2023.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Hørður Askham” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.