Ambroise Begue

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ambroise Begue

| fullname = Ambroise Begue

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|5|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Saint-Denis, Réunion, France

| position = Defender / Midfielder

| currentclub = SC Chaudron

| clubnumber = 17

| youthclubs1 = J.S. Bois de Nefles

| youthclubs2 = Club Sportif Saint-Denis

| youthyears1 = 2002–2005

| youthyears2 = 2005–2010

| clubs1 = Home United

| years1 = 2015–2017

| caps1 = 31

| goals1 = 5

| nationalteam1 = France U16

| nationalyears1 = 2010–2011

| nationalcaps1 = 12

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalteam-update = 10:12, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

| youthclubs3 = AS Nancy-Lorraine

| youthyears3 = 2010–2015

| clubs2 = ASPL 2000

| years2 = 2017–2018

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| clubs3 = Saint-Denis

| years3 = 2019–2020

| caps3 = 36

| goals3 = 1

| clubs4 = Trois Bassins

| years4 = 2021

| caps4 = 12

| goals4 = 0

| clubs5 = Parfin

| years5 = 2022

| caps5 = 6

| goals5 = 0

| clubs6 = Chaudron

| years6 = 2023–

| caps6 = 10

| goals6 = 0

| image =

| image_size = 175

| club-update = 25 April 2025

}}

Ambroise Begue (born 22 May 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for SC Chaudron of the Réunion Premier League.{{cite web |title=Football : le SC Chaudron entame sa première saison dans l’élite|url=https://www.lequotidien.re/actualites/sport/football-le-sc-chaudron-entame-sa-premiere-saison-dans-lelite/|date=12 March 2023|publisher=Le Quotidien|accessdate=25 April 2025}} He started his professional youth career with Ligue 2 side AS Nancy-Lorraine, before moving to join Home United for two seasons in the Singapore Premier League. Begue has also represented France at the U16 level.

Early life

In March 2002, Begue joined [http://www.fff.fr/la-vie-des-clubs/12860/infos-pratiques J.S. Bois de Nèfles], an amateur football club based in Saint Clotilde, Réunion. He stayed with the amateur side for 3 years, before transferring to join Club Sportif Saint-Denis, a professional football club which plays in the Réunion Premier League.

Club career

= AS Nancy-Lorraine =

After building his footballing career for 5 years at Club Sportif Saint-Denis, Begue moved to join AS Nancy-Lorraine in July 2010, a club that played in Ligue 2, the second tier of French professional football. Begue featured for the club's reserve team that plays in the Championnat de France Amateur, but never managed to make his senior debut with the club.

= Home United =

In 2015, Begue left France for Singapore, and signed a contract with Singaporean club Home United.{{Cite web|url = http://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/2015-sleague-club-preview-home-united#:yUIsZVp_XmU6vA|title = 2015 S.League Club Preview: Home United {{!}} FourFourTwo|access-date = 26 September 2015|website = FourFourTwo|last = Tan|first = Kenneth|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150927124415/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/2015-sleague-club-preview-home-united#:yUIsZVp_XmU6vA|archive-date = 27 September 2015|url-status = dead}} On 8 May 2015, Begue made his league debut for Home United, in a S.League tie against Geylang United, which ended in a 1–0 loss. On 14 May 2015, Begue scored his first goal at the professional level and for Home United in a match against Hougang United, contributing to an eventual 4–0 win.{{Cite web|url = https://int.soccerway.com/players/ambroise-begue/246734/|title = France - A.Begue - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|date = |access-date = 26 September 2015|website = Soccerway|publisher = |last = |first = }} On 15 August 2015, Begue scored for Home United against S.League giants, Warriors FC in the second leg of the Singapore Cup quarter finals. The final aggregate score recorded 4–1 in a Home United victory after both legs.{{Cite web|url = https://tnp.straitstimes.com/sports/football/six-time-singapore-cup-winners-home-semis-after-downing-warriors|title = Six-time Singapore Cup winners Home in semis after downing Warriors {{!}} The New Paper|date = 16 August 2015|access-date = 26 September 2015|website = The New Paper|publisher = |last = Tan|first = Gabriel}}

For the 2016 S.League season, Begue was moved from Home United's first team squad to the reserve team playing in the Prime League to adhere to new S.League regulations restricting the quota of foreign players in the first team to a maximum of 3. Begue's shirt number was also switched to 27 from the number 18 shirt he wore for the previous season. In the first match of the season, Begue scored Home United's first goal of the season in the opener against DPMM FC in the 19th minute. The match ended in a 2–1 loss for Home United.

= AS Port-Louis 2000 =

Following his release by Home United at the conclusion of the 2016 S.League season, Begue joined AS Port-Louis 2000 in 2017, a club which currently plays in the top football division of Mauritius, the Mauritian Premier League.

= Return to Réunion =

Since 2019, Begue has been playing for clubs in his native Réunion, namely Saint-Denis, Trois Bassins, Parfin de Saint-André and SC Chaudron.{{cite web |title=Ambroise Begue - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/ambroise-begue/56710/|date=|publisher=Data Sports Group|accessdate=25 April 2025}}

International career

Prior to joining Home United in Singapore, Begue featured regularly for the France U16 national team.{{Cite web|url = https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/3229625934-ambroise-begue|title = Joueur – Ambroise BEGUE – FFF|date = |access-date = 26 September 2015|website = Fédération Française de Football|publisher = |last = |first = }}

Career statistics

As of 17 April 2016

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rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|League ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="2" \|League ! colspan="2" \|Domestic CupRefers to the Singapore League Cup, MFA Cup and Republic Cup competitions. ! colspan="2" \|Regional CupRefers to the Singapore Cup and CAF Confederation Cup competitions. ! colspan="2" \|Others ! colspan="2" \|Total
Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="2" \|Home United \| rowspan="2" \|S.League \|2015 \|22 \|4 \|2 \|0 \|4 \|2 \| colspan="2" \|— \|28 \|6
2016 \|9 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|9 \|1
rowspan="2" \|ASPL 2000 \| rowspan="2" \|Mauritian Premier League \|2017–18 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \| colspan="2" \|— \|0 \|0
2018–19 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \| colspan="2" \|— \|0 \|0
colspan="3" \|Total !31 !5 !2 !0 !4 !2 ! colspan="2" \|— !37 !7
colspan="3" \|Career total !31 !5 !2 !0 !4 !2 ! colspan="2" \|— !37 !7

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rowspan="2" |Club

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! colspan="2" |League

! colspan="2" |Domestic CupRefers to the Singapore League Cup, MFA Cup and Republic Cup competitions.

! colspan="2" |Regional CupRefers to the Singapore Cup and CAF Confederation Cup competitions.

! colspan="2" |Others

! colspan="2" |Total

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