Marco Ambrosio
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| Marco Ambrosio | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Ambrosio | |
| Date of birth | May 30, 1973 | |
| Place of birth | Brescia, Italy | |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Reggiana | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 2004 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-present Sub-total: |
Lumezzane Atalanta Pisa (loan) Prato (co-ownership) Ravenna (loan) Prato Sampdoria Lucchese Chievo Chelsea Grasshopper Salernitana Brescia Reggiana Serie A Premier League Super League Serie B |
2 (0) 0 (0) 9 (0) 15 (0) 10 (0) 34 (0) 10 (0) 46 (0) 10 (0) 8 (0) 14 (0) 55 (0) 2 (0) 28 (0) 20 (0) 8 (0) 14 (0) 33 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Marco Ambrosio (30 May 1973 in Brescia) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He plays for Reggiana
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[edit] Football career
[edit] A Decade in Italy
The early years of Ambrosio's career were relatively undistinguished, playing for a succession of minor Italian clubs, such as Lumezzane (Serie D), Atalanta B.C. (youth), Pisa (Serie B), A.C. Prato (Serie C1), Ravenna (Serie C1), as well as a stint at U.C. Sampdoria in Serie A. He made his Serie A debut on 2 November 1997, Sampdoria lost 0-3 to A.C. Milan in home ground. In total, he played 10 Serie A games for the Genoese team, as second goalkeeper behind Fabrizio Ferron.
After Sampdoria relegated to Serie B, He was sold to Serie C1 team Lucchese in summer 1999, where he spent 2 seasons. In summer 2001 he was signed by newly promoted Serie A team Chievo, where he made another 10 Serie A appearancesm as second goalkeeper behind Cristiano Lupatelli.
[edit] Chelsea
In June 2003 he was signed for Chelsea on a free transfer by Italian manager Claudio Ranieri.[1]
Ambrosio was signed to be goalkeeping understudy to Carlo Cudicini and fellow new-acquisition Jurgen Macho, and so found his playing opportunities limited at Stamford Bridge. His cause was not helped by an unlucky debut in the League Cup against Notts County, in which he made a series of errors. His second appearance, against Bolton Wanderers, proved far more assured as he made a made a string of impressive saves to secure for his side a crucial 2-0 win. That, together with injuries to all Chelsea's other goalkeepers, earned him a run in the side.
However, he lost his place in the side to the fit-again Cudicini towards the end of the season and with the signing of another new goalkeeper Petr Čech, he was allowed to leave the club on a free transfer in August 2004.
[edit] Return to Italy
He moved to Swiss side Grasshopper-Club Zürich[2] shortly afterward and has since signed for Italian team Salernitana of Serie B on 5 January 2005, replaced Alex Brunner who left for Cagliari Calcio, compete with former starter Domenico Botticella.
Ambrosio followed the team relegated to Serie C1 and compete with former team mate in Chievo, Gioacchino Cavaliere
on 21 July 2006, he was signed by Brescia.
In summer 2007, he joined Reggiana of Serie C2.
