Randi Skylvsdóttir Wardum (born 22 November 1986) is a Faroese former

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who last played for KÍ Klaksvík in the Faroese 1. deild kvinnur. From 2004 to 2014 she represented the

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at senior international level. In addition to football, Wardum played

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for Kyndil.

Club career

In April 2008 Wardum signed for Icelandic Úrvalsdeild champions

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. She became the first female footballer from the Faroe Islands to play for a foreign club. In September 2008 she was in the Valur team who retained their title with an 8–0 win over

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. Wardum made 27 appearances for KÍ in the

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, formerly known as the UEFA Women's Cup.

International career

The

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(FSF) relaunched their senior women's national team in 2004 after an eight-year hiatus. Wardum kept goal in their first match, a 2–1 friendly defeat to

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. The match was staged in Klaksvík on 12 October 2004, the day before the nations' senior men's teams met at

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, Dublin. She played in all five games as the Faroe Islands won the football tournament at the 2005

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In 2012, Wardum and her KÍ teammates

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and Rannvá B. Andreasen simultaneously became the first Faroese women to win 25

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Handball

Wardum is also an accomplished handballer. She played, outfield, for Kyndil and was part of the

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References

External links

Randi S. Wardum
at Faroesoccer.com

at

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Randi S. Wardum
at Kvinnufotbolt.com 1986 births Living people People from Tórshavn Faroese women's footballers Faroese female handball players Faroe Islands women's international footballers Faroese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Iceland Women's association football goalkeepers {{Faroes-women-footy-bio-stub