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 (age 56)
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 ETO KC
2016–2019
Romania
2018–2020
Rostov-Don
2019–2020
Russia
2021–2023
Győri ETO KC
2023–
Spain

In the summer of 2012, he replaced Karl Erik Bøhn as head coach of Győri 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] He returned to Győr in 2021.

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

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Player

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Cadagua Gáldar
SDC San Antonio

Manager

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Russia
Rostov
Győr
Itxako
Individual

References

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  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. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 19 March 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.
  8. ^ "Györ quintet headline EHF Champions League All-star Team". European Handball Federation. 3 June 2022.
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