Vicente Paúl Ambrosi Zambrano, commonly known as Paúl Ambrosi (born October 14, 1980, in Guaranda), is a retired Ecuadorian football player who played as a defender. He has spent the vast majority of his professional career at LDU Quito. He is of Italian descent from his grandparents.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vicente Paúl Ambrosi Zambrano[1] | ||
| Date of birth | October 14, 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Guaranda, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Left Wing back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2000 | LDU Quito | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2009 | LDU Quito | 328 | (35) |
| 2009–2010 | Rosario Central | 21 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | LDU Quito | 44 | (1) |
| 2013 | → Cerro Porteño (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2014 | Olmedo | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 405 | (36) | |
| International career | |||
| 2003–2009 | Ecuador | 35 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 14, 2014 | |||
Club career
editAmbrosi has played for LDU Quito for most of his career. On the national level, he has helped LDU Quito win three Serie A national championships, and one Serie B title. In 2008, he was a starting player on the squad that won the Copa Libertadores, the first for the club and for the country. In August 2009, he signed with Argentine club Rosario Central. He returned to LDU Quito after one season with Rosario Central.
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Ecuador | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
| 2000 | LDU Quito | Serie A | 8 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2001 | Serie B | 30 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | ||
| 2002 | Serie A | 43 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
| 2003 | 42 | 10 | — | 4 | 1 | 46 | 11 | |||
| 2004 | 42 | 5 | — | 16 | 4 | 58 | 9 | |||
| 2005 | 43 | 4 | — | 15 | 0 | 58 | 4 | |||
| 2006 | 36 | 5 | — | 11 | 0 | 47 | 5 | |||
| 2007 | 31 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | 39 | 2 | |||
| 2008 | 30 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | 48 | 1 | |||
| 2009 | 23 | 3 | — | 7 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |||
| Argentina | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
| 2009–10 | Rosario Central | Primera División | 21 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ecuador | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
| 2010 | LDU Quito | Serie A | 11 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 22 | 1 | — | 16 | 2 | 38 | 3 | |||
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Paraguay | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
| 2013 | Cerro Porteño | Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ecuador | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
| 2013 | LDU Quito | Serie A | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2014 | Olmedo | Serie A | 11 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | Ecuador | 383 | 36 | — | 97 | 9 | 480 | 45 | ||
| Total | Argentina | 21 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Total | Paraguay | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 405 | 36 | — | 98 | 9 | 503 | 45 | |||
International career
editAmbrosi was first called up to play for the Ecuador national team on August 20, 2003, in a game friendly against Guatemala. Since then, he has become a regular fixture on the team as a starter and a substitute, playing in the 2004 Copa América, 2006 World Cup, and in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.
Honors
editReferences
edit- ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Ecuador" (PDF). FIFA. March 21, 2014. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2019.
- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
External links
edit- FEF player card (in Spanish)
- Paúl Ambrosi at National-Football-Teams.com
- (in Spanish) ESPN statistics
- (in Spanish) Primera División statistics