Marco Ambrosio

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Marco Ambrosio (30 May 1973 in Brescia) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

The early years of Ambrosio's career were relatively undistinguished, playing for a succession of minor Italian clubs, such as Atalanta B.C., Pisa, A.C. Prato, Ravenna, Chievo as well as a stint at U.C. Sampdoria. In June 2003 he was surprisingly signed for Chelsea on a free transfer by manager Claudio Ranieri.

Ambrosio was signed to be goalkeeping understudy to Carlo Cudicini and fellow new-acquisition Jurgen Macho, and so found his playing opportunities limited at Stamford Bridge. His cause was not helped by a nightmare debut in the League Cup against Notts County, in which he made a series of errors. His second appearance, against Bolton Wanderers, proved far more assured as he made a made a string of impressive saves to secure for his side a crucial 2-0 win. That, together with injuries to all Chelsea's other goalkeepers, earned him a run in the side and he continued to impress, especially in Chelsea's two-legged Champions League victory over Arsenal.

However, he lost his place in the side to the fit-again Cudicini towards the end of the season and with the signing of another new goalkeeper Petr Čech, he was allowed to leave the club on a free transfer in August 2004. He moved to Swiss side Grasshopper-Club Zürich shortly afterwards and has since signed for Italian team Salernitana.