Daniel Imbert

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
International career‡
1972–1983 Mauritius 53 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 February 2017

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.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

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.[9]

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.[10]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 21 May 1972 Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius  Uganda 1–2 1–2 Friendly
2. 25 May 1972 Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius  Uganda 1–2 1–2
3. 10 December 1972 Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius  Kenya 1–0 1–3 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
4. 17 December 1972 Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya  Kenya 2–2 2–2
5. 13 January 1974 Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius  Malawi 4–1 4–1 Friendly
6. 20 January 1974 Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius  Malawi 4–1 4–1 Friendly
7. 4–1
8. 5 March 1974 Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium, Damanhur, Egypt  Guinea 1–2 1–2 1974 African Cup of Nations
9. 7 March 1974 Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium, Damanhur, Egypt  Zaire 1–3 1–4
10. 1 July 1976 Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles  Kenya 3–4 3–4 Friendly
11. 2 July 1976 Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles  Réunion 2–0 2–0 Friendly
12. 31 October 1976 Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius  Malawi 3–2 3–2 1978 African Cup of Nations qualification
13. 24 January 1978 Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius  Malawi 1–2 1–2 1978 All-Africa Games qualification
14. 24 September 1978 Stade Jean-Ivoula, Saint-Denis, Réunion  Réunion 2–0 2–0 1978 Indian Ocean Cup
15. 3–2
16. 5 September 1982 Stade Jean-Ivoula, Saint-Denis, Réunion  Réunion 1–1 1–1 1982 Indian Ocean Tournament
17. 24 April 1983 Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius  Ethiopia 1–0 1–0 1984 African Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. ^ "Dany Imbert, le petit géant de notre football". lexpress.mu.
  2. ^ "Dany Imbert s'en est allé". lemauricien.com.
  3. ^ "DANIEL IMBERT : Pour honorer la mémoire d'un footballeur de génie". lemauricien.com.
  4. ^ "Dany Imbert, un footballeur hors pair". lemauricien.com.
  5. ^ "DANIEL IMBERT : Le Racing Club fait honneur à son footballeur de génie". lemauricien.com.
  6. ^ "DANY IMBERT: En l'honneur d'un « petit géant » d'exception". lemauricien.com.
  7. ^ "Dany Imbert l'unique buteur de l'île Maurice en phase finale de Coupe d'Afrique". defimedia.info (Archived). Archived from the original on 2023-09-09. Retrieved 2023-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "Dany Imbert, adieu champion". defimedia.info.
  9. ^ "Dany Imbert, eternal hero of Mauritian football". L'express.mu.
  10. ^ "Daniel Imbert". RSSSF.
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