| Paúl Ambrosi | |
| Fullname: | Vicente Paúl Ambrosi Zambrano[1] |
| Birth Date: | 14 October 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Guaranda, Ecuador |
| Height: | 1.77 m[2] |
| Position: | Left Wing back |
| Youthyears1: | 1997–2000 |
| Youthclubs1: | LDU Quito |
| Years1: | 2000–2009 |
| Clubs1: | LDU Quito |
| Caps1: | 328 |
| Goals1: | 35 |
| Years2: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs2: | Rosario Central |
| Caps2: | 21 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2010–2013 |
| Clubs3: | LDU Quito |
| Caps3: | 44 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2013 |
| Clubs4: | → Cerro Porteño (loan) |
| Caps4: | 1 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2014 |
| Clubs5: | Olmedo |
| Caps5: | 11 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 405 |
| Totalgoals: | 36 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2003–2009 |
| Nationalteam1: | Ecuador |
| Nationalcaps1: | 35 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | December 14, 2014 |
Vicente Paúl Ambrosi Zambrano, commonly known as Paúl Ambrosi (born October 14, 1980, in Guaranda), is a retired Ecuadorian professional 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.
Ambrosi 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 | ||||
Ambrosi 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.