Efe Ambrose
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Efetobore Eric “Efe” Ambrose Emuobo MON (born 18 October 1988) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Queen of the South. Ambrose has previously played for Kaduna United, Bayelsa United, Israeli club Ashdod, Scottish clubs Celtic, Hibernian, Livingston, St Johnstone and Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton and English club Derby County.
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Full name | Efetobore Eric Ambrose Emuobo[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1988-10-18) 18 October 1988 (age 35) | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kaduna, Nigeria | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Queen of the South | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
2002–2006 | Kaduna United | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2006–2010 | Kaduna United | 89 | (7) | |||||||||||
2008–2009 | → Bayelsa United (loan) | 24 | (4) | |||||||||||
2010–2012 | Ashdod | 67 | (3) | |||||||||||
2012–2017 | Celtic | 113 | (5) | |||||||||||
2017 | → Hibernian (loan) | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||
2017–2019 | Hibernian | 59 | (2) | |||||||||||
2019 | Derby County | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
2020–2021 | Livingston | 25 | (0) | |||||||||||
2021–2022 | St Johnstone | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
2022 | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||
2022–2023 | Greenock Morton | 11 | (1) | |||||||||||
2023– | Queen of the South | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2007 | Nigeria U20 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
2008 | Nigeria U23 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
2008–2016 | Nigeria | 51 | (4) | |||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 16 September 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:16, 13 June 2016 (UTC) |
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Ambrose has also played for the Nigeria national football team, and he has represented Nigeria at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup, the Summer Olympics, the Africa Cup of Nations, and the FIFA World Cup.