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 at the 1978 Indian Ocean Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Jean Robert Imbert | ||
| Date of birth | December 17, 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Mauritius | ||
| Date of death | 15 March 2016 (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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 February 2017 | |||
Early life edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
International goals edit
- Scores and results list Mauritius' goal tally first.[10]
References edit
- ^ "Dany Imbert, le petit géant de notre football". lexpress.mu.
- ^ "Dany Imbert s'en est allé". lemauricien.com.
- ^ "DANIEL IMBERT : Pour honorer la mémoire d'un footballeur de génie". lemauricien.com.
- ^ "Dany Imbert, un footballeur hors pair". lemauricien.com.
- ^ "DANIEL IMBERT : Le Racing Club fait honneur à son footballeur de génie". lemauricien.com.
- ^ "DANY IMBERT: En l'honneur d'un « petit géant » d'exception". lemauricien.com.
- ^ "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) - ^ "Dany Imbert, adieu champion". defimedia.info.
- ^ "Dany Imbert, eternal hero of Mauritian football". L'express.mu.
- ^ "Daniel Imbert". RSSSF.
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