Daniel Imbert


Daniel "Dany" Imbert was a Mauritian football player who played as a forward for Racing Club and the football team">Association football">football team.

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.

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

NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 May 1972Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius1–21–2Friendly
2.25 May 1972Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius1–21–2Friendly
3.10 December 1972Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius1–01–31974 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.17 December 1972Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya2–22–21974 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.13 January 1974Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius4–14–1Friendly
6.20 January 1974Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius4–14–1Friendly
7.20 January 1974Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius4–14–1Friendly
8.5 March 1974Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium, Damanhur, Egypt1–21–21974 African Cup of Nations
9.7 March 1974Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium, Damanhur, Egypt1–31–41974 African Cup of Nations
10.1 July 1976Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles3–43–4Friendly
11.2 July 1976Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles2–02–0Friendly
12.31 October 1976Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius3–23–21978 African Cup of Nations qualification
13.24 January 1978Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius1–21–21978 All-Africa Games qualification
14.24 September 1978Stade Jean-Ivoula, Saint-Denis, Réunion2–02–01978 Indian Ocean Cup
15.24 September 1978Stade Jean-Ivoula, Saint-Denis, Réunion3–22–01978 Indian Ocean Cup
16.5 September 1982Stade Jean-Ivoula, Saint-Denis, Réunion1–11–11982 Indian Ocean Tournament
17.24 April 1983Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius1–01–01984 African Cup of Nations qualification