Jean Ambrose (born 27 September 1993) is a professional

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who plays as a defender. Born in

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, he plays for the Haiti national team at international level.

Club career

Ambrose joined

Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (), commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux () or simply Bordeaux, is a French football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It competes in the Championnat National 2 ...

in 2014 from AS Moulins. He made his

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debut on 13 December 2015 against

Angers SCO Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest, commonly referred to as Angers SCO (), is a French professional football club based in Angers in Pays de la Loire in western France. The club was founded in 1919 and plays in Ligue 1, the first division of Foot ...

replacing

Nicolas Maurice-Belay Nicolas Maurice-Belay (born 19 April 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career with Sochaux and Bordeaux. Career Maurice-Belay was born in Sucy-en-Brie, Val-de-Marne. He joined the ...

after 79 minutes. He joined Sedan of the

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in the summer of 2016 but was shortly released following disciplinary reasons. On 6 December 2016, Ambrose joined

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n club

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Lokomotiv () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Gorna Oryahovitsa, which currently competes in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football. Established in 1932 as a sports association of the railway workers in the t ...

until the end of the 2016–17 season. Ambrose left without permission before the end of the season and the club applied for legal proceedings at

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International career

In March 2017, Ambrose was called up to the 30-man squad by the

Haiti national football team The Haiti national football team (, Haitian Creole: ''Ekip foutbòl Ayiti'') represents Haiti in international Association football, football. Haiti is administered by the Haitian Football Federation, Fédération Haïtienne de Football (FHF), ...

's interim coach, Jean-Claude Josaphat. Ambrose made his debut for the senior

in a 3–3

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tie with

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on 10 October 2017.

References

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