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.

## Career statistics

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3|Ipswich Town|2001–02|Premier League|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|
|2002–03|First Division|29|8|2|1|2|1|4|1|37|11|||
|rowspan=4|Newcastle United|2002–03|Premier League|1|0|—|—|—|1|0||||
|2003–04|Premier League|24|2|1|0|1|0|11|1|37|3|||
|2004–05|Premier League|12|3|1|0|1|0|4|0|18|3|||
|rowspan=5|Charlton Athletic|2005–06|Premier League|28|3|3|0|2|1|—|33|4||
|2006–07|Premier League|26|3|1|0|3|0|—|30|3||||
|2007–08|Championship|37|7|2|1|3|1|—|42|9||||
|2008–09|Championship|21|0|2|1|0|0|—|23|1||||
|Ipswich Town (loan)|2008–09|Championship|9|0|—|—|—|9|0|||||
|rowspan=4|Crystal Palace|2009–10|Championship|46|15|5|3|2|2|—|53|20||
|2010–11|Championship|28|7|0|0|1|0|—|29|7||||
|2011–12|Championship|36|7|0|0|6|3|—|42|10||||
|rowspan=3|Birmingham City|2012–13|Championship|6|0|0|0|2|1|—|8|1||
|2013–14|Championship|1|0|0|0|1|0|—|2|0||||
|Apollon Smyrni (loan)|2013–14|Super League Greece|11|6|—|—|—|11|6|||||
|Ipswich Town|2014–15|Championship|6|0|2|1|0|0|0|0|8|1||
|Colchester United|2015–16|League One|25|4|1|0|0|0|0|0|26|4||

## Honours

**Individual**
- Football League Championship Player of the Month: November 2009
- Crystal Palace Goal of the Season: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Darren Ambrose
- **image**: Darren Ambrose vs Antwerp.jpg
- **image size**: 150
- **caption**: Darren Ambrose warming up for Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City in August 2012
- **fullname**: Darren Paul Francis Ambrose
- **birth place**: Harlow, England
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1995–2001
- **youthclubs1**: Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town
- **years1**: 2001–2003
- **clubs1**: Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town
- **caps1**: 30
- **goals1**: 8
- **years2**: 2003–2005
- **clubs2**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **caps2**: 37
- **goals2**: 5
- **years3**: 2005–2009
- **clubs3**: Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic
- **caps3**: 112
- **goals3**: 13
- **years4**: 2008–2009
- **clubs4**: → Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town (loan)
- **caps4**: 9
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2009–2012
- **clubs5**: Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace
- **caps5**: 110
- **goals5**: 29
- **years6**: 2012–2014
- **clubs6**: Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City
- **caps6**: 7
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2014
- **clubs7**: → Apollon Smyrni F.C., Apollon Smyrni (loan)
- **caps7**: 11
- **goals7**: 6
- **years8**: 2014–2015
- **clubs8**: Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town
- **caps8**: 6
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2015–2016
- **clubs9**: Colchester United F.C., Colchester United
- **caps9**: 25
- **goals9**: 4
- **totalcaps**: 347
- **totalgoals**: 65
- **nationalyears1**: 2005
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-20 football team, England U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2003–2006
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 10
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **managerclubs1**: Newport Pagnell Dynamo's