Stephan Ambrosius

Stephan Kofi Ambrosius (born 18 December 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV.

Born in Hamburg to Ghanaian parents, Ambrosius joined the Hamburger SV youth academy in 2012. He made his professional debut in the Bundesliga in March 2018. He is also a German youth international.

Club Career

Hamburger SV

Youth

Ambrosius started playing football at the age of 5 at local club Einichkeit Wilhelmsburg, before moving to SV Wilhelmsburg and finally FC St. Pauli. In 2012, at the age of 13, Pauli moved to the Hamburger SV youth academy. At HSV, he progressed through all the youth teams until 2017 and played, among other things, in the Under 17 and Under 19 Bundesliga. For the 2017–18 season, Ambrosius was promoted to the second team, Hamburger SV II, and competed in the fourth-tier Regionalliga.

2017–18 season

In early February 2018, Ambrosius was promoted to the professional squad by head coach Bernd Hollerbach. On 10 February 2018, he was called up for the first team squad for his first Bundesliga game, but did not make an appearance in the 0–2 defeat away at Borussia Dortmund. He made his Bundesliga debut on 31 March 2018 in a 1–1 away draw against VfB Stuttgart under new head coach Christian Titz, who had taken over the reigns in early March. Ambrosius debuted in the starting lineup and was substituted at half-time for Rick van Drongelen. This proved to be his only appearance during the season, which saw HSV suffer relegation to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time in club history. For the second team, Ambrosius made 20 appearances and scored one goal.

2018–19 season

Ahead of the 2018–19 season, Ambrosius signed his first professional contract running until 30 June 2021. In the first half of the new season, he was behind Rick van Drongelen, David Bates and Leo Lacroix in the depth chart, and neither u

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