Javier Ambrois

{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (1932-1975)}}

{{family name hatnote|Ambrois|Campaña|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name=Javier Ambrois

|image=Javier Ambrois.jpg

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|caption=Ambrois in 1958

|fullname=Javier Ambrois Campaña https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Ambrose_Campana {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}

|birth_date={{Birth date|1932|5|9}}

|birth_place= Montevideo, Uruguay

|death_date={{Death date and age|1975|6|25|1932|5|9}}

|death_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

|height=

|position= Forward

|years1=1950–1954|clubs1=Nacional|caps1=110|goals1=46

|years2=1955|clubs2=Fluminense Football Club|caps2=6|goals2=4

|years3=1955–1957|clubs3=Nacional|caps3=54|goals3=32

|years4=1958–1959|clubs4=Boca Juniors CA|caps4=44|goals4=13

|years5=1960|clubs5=Lanús|caps5=4|goals5=0

|years6=1961–1963|clubs6=Defensor Sporting|caps6=42|goals6=7

|totalcaps=260|totalgoals=102

|nationalyears1=1952–1957|nationalteam1=Uruguay|nationalcaps1=31|nationalgoals1=17

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Javier Ambrois Campaña https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Ambrose_Campana {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}} (May 9, 1932 in Montevideo, Uruguay – June 25, 1975 in Montevideo, Uruguay) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as forward for clubs of Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil, as well as the Uruguay national football team, appearing at the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland, and winning the 1956 South American Championship on home soil.

He and Humberto Maschio of Argentina were the joint top scorers of the 1957 South American Championship, with a record 9 goals each, the most goals scored by any player in a single edition of the South American Championship.