Ambros Martín

Ambrosio José Martín Cedres (born 30 April 1968) is a Spanish former handball player and current coach.

Ambros Martín
Personal information
Full name Ambrosio José Martín Cedres
Born (1968-04-30) 30 April 1968
Arrecife, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Playing position Wing
Senior clubs
Years Team
 3 de Mayo
 BM Puerto Cruz
 BM Torrelavega
 Cadagua Gáldar
1997–2003
 Portland San Antonio
Teams managed
2003–2004
 Naranco Oviedo
2004–2012
 SD Itxako
2012–2018
 Győri Audi ETO KC
2016–2019
 Romania
2018–2020
 Rostov-Don
2019–2020
 Russia

In the summer of 2012, he replaced Karl Erik Bøhn as head coach of Győri Audi ETO KC. Contemporaneously with his job in Hungary, he has been also coaching the Romania women's national handball team since 4 October 2016.[1] In February 2018 he announced, that he will not extend his contract with Győr and will leave the club at the end of the season.[2] Between 2018 and 2020 he was the head coach of Rostov-Don.[3] In May 2019 his contract at the Romanian national team was terminated on mutual consent.[4] In August 2019 he replaced Yevgeni Trefilov as the head coach of the Russian national team.[5] On 31 July 2020 it was announced that his contract with Rostov-Don was terminated on mutual consent.[6]

Martín was the first Spanish coach to win the Champions League trophy with a foreign club.[7] He was named Coach of the Year in the Women's EHF Champions League for four straight years (2015–2018).

International honours

Player
Cadagua Gáldar
SDC San Antonio

Manager
Russia
Rostov
Győr
Itxako
Individual

References
  1. "AMBROS MARTIN – NOUL ANTRENOR AL NAȚIONALEI DE HANDBAL FEMININ A ROMÂNIEI" (in Romanian). Romanian Handball Federation. 4 October 2016.
  2. "Ambros Martín leaves Győr after the season – official". Timeout Magazine. 16 February 2018.
  3. "Ambros Martin to leave Gyor and overtake Rostov Don: The most difficult decision of my life". handball-planet.com. 19 February 2018.
  4. "TOMAS RYDE, NOUL ANTRENOR AL NAȚIONALEI FEMININE DE HANDBAL" (in Romanian). Romanian Handball Federation. 10 May 2019.
  5. "Yevgeniy Trefilov pokidayet sbornuyu Rossii i stanovitsya vitse-prezidentom FGR" (in Russian). Russian Handball Federation. 5 August 2019.
  6. "Ambros Martín leaves Rostov-Don" (in Russian). rostovhandball.ru. 31 July 2020.
  7. "Ambros Martín se despide y pone rumbo a Hungría" (in Spanish). diariodenavarra.es. 21 May 2012.
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