Darren Ambrose

Darren Ambrose (born 29 February 1984) was an English football player. He played for Ipswich Town, Newcastle United, Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace, Birmingham City, Apollon Smyrnis, and Colchester United.

Darren Ambrose

Darren Ambrose warming up for Birmingham City in August 2012
Personal information
Full name	Darren Paul Francis Ambrose[1]
Date of birth	(1984-02-29) 29 February 1984 (age 41)[2]
Place of birth	Harlow, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1995–2001	Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Ipswich Town	30	(8)
2003–2005	Newcastle United	37	(5)
2005–2009	Charlton Athletic	112	(13)
2008–2009	→ Ipswich Town (loan)	9	(0)
2009–2012	Crystal Palace	110	(29)
2012–2014	Birmingham City	7	(0)
2014	→ Apollon Smyrni (loan)	11	(6)
2014–2015	Ipswich Town	6	(0)
2015–2016	Colchester United	25	(4)
Total		347	(65)
International career
2005	England U20	4	(1)
2003–2006	England U21	10	(2)
Managerial career
	Newport Pagnell Dynamo's
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ipswich Town	2001–02[3]	Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2002–03[4]	First Division	29	8	2	1	2	1	4[a]	1	37	11
	Total		30	8	2	1	2	1	4	1	38	11
Newcastle United	2002–03[4]	Premier League	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2003–04[5]	Premier League	24	2	1	0	1	0	11[a]	1	37	3
	2004–05[6]	Premier League	12	3	1	0	1	0	4[a]	0	18	3
	Total		37	5	2	0	2	0	15	1	56	6
Charlton Athletic	2005–06[7]	Premier League	28	3	3	0	2	1	—		33	4
	2006–07[8]	Premier League	26	3	1	0	3	0	—		30	3
	2007–08[9]	Championship	37	7	2	1	3	1	—		42	9
	2008–09[10]	Championship	21	0	2	1	0	0	—		23	1
	Total		112	13	8	2	8	2	—		128	17
Ipswich Town (loan)	2008–09[10]	Championship	9	0	—		—		—		9	0
Crystal Palace	2009–10[11]	Championship	46	15	5	3	2	2	—		53	20
	2010–11[12]	Championship	28	7	0	0	1	0	—		29	7
	2011–12[13]	Championship	36	7	0	0	6	3	—		42	10
	Total		110	29	5	3	9	5	—		124	37
Birmingham City	2012–13[14]	Championship	6	0	0	0	2	1	—		8	1
	2013–14[15]	Championship	1	0	0	0	1	0	—		2	0
	Total		7	0	0	0	3	1	—		10	1
Apollon Smyrni (loan)	2013–14[15]	Super League Greece	11	6	—		—		—		11	6
Ipswich Town	2014–15[16]	Championship	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
Colchester United	2015–16[17]	League One	25	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	4
Career total			347	65	20	7	24	9	19	2	410	83

1. Appearances in UEFA Cup

Honours

Individual

• Football League Championship Player of the Month: November 2009^[18]
• Crystal Palace Goal of the Season: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12^[19]