Daniel Imbert

Daniel "Dany" Imbert (December 17 1952 – March 15 2016) was a Mauritian football player who played as a forward for Racing Club and the Mauritius national football team.

Dany Imbert
Dany Imbert at the 1978 Indian Ocean Cup
Personal information
Full name Daniel Jean Robert Imbert
Date of birth (1952-12-17)December 17, 1952
Place of birth Mauritius
Date of death 15 March 2016(2016-03-15) (aged 63)
Place of death Quatre Bornes, Mauritius
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Collège du Saint-Esprit
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1983 Racing Club
National team‡
1972–1983 Mauritius 53 (17)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 February 2017

Early life

Dany's father, a nurse, moved to London taking Dany with him where he was noticed by his school coach and encouraged to join Chelsea's junior team however he was not allowed to remain in England, returning to Mauritius in 1969, reluctantly.[1]

International career

Dany is the only Mauritian international to have scored at the African Cup of Nations, as part of the 1974 squad nicknamed the "Elahee Boys" after their manager Mohammad Anwar Elahee. He is Mauritius' all-time top goal scorer with 17 goals in 53 matches.

After football

Upon retirement he worked at Mauritius Commercial Bank.

He died of a stroke on March 15, 2016 at 63 years old at a hospital near Quatre Bornes in Mauritius.

Career statistics

International goals
Scores and results list Mauritius' goal tally first.[2]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 May 1972Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius Uganda1–21–2Friendly
2.25 May 1972Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius Uganda1–21–2
3.10 December 1972Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius Kenya1–01–31974 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.17 December 1972Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya Kenya2–22–2
5.13 January 1974Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius Malawi4–14–1Friendly
6.20 January 1974Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius Malawi4–14–1Friendly
7.4–1
8.5 March 1974Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium, Damanhur, Egypt Guinea1–21–21974 African Cup of Nations
9.7 March 1974Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium, Damanhur, Egypt Zaire1–31–4
10.1 July 1976Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles Kenya3–43–4Friendly
11.2 July 1976Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles Réunion2–02–0Friendly
12.31 October 1976Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius Malawi3–23–21978 African Cup of Nations qualification
13.24 January 1978Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius Malawi1–21–21978 All-Africa Games qualification
14.24 September 1978Stade Jean-Ivoula, Saint-Denis, Réunion Réunion2–02–01978 Indian Ocean Cup
15.3–2
16.5 September 1982Stade Jean-Ivoula, Saint-Denis, Réunion Réunion1–11–11982 Indian Ocean Tournament
17.24 April 1983Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius Ethiopia1–01–01984 African Cup of Nations qualification

References
  1. "Dany Imbert, eternal hero of Mauritian football". L'express.mu.
  2. "Daniel Imbert". RSSSF.
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