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.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

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 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.^[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