Hassan Sani

Hassan Sani PGDK (born 31 August 1958) is a former Malaysian football player. He played for Sabah FA in the semi-pro league and Malaysia Cup in the late 1970s and in the 1980s.

Hassan Sani
Personal information
Full name Hassan Sani
Date of birth (1958-08-31) 31 August 1958
Place of birth Labuan, Malaysia
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1974–1976 Sabah FA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1984 Sabah FA 133 (55)
1985–1988 Kuala Lumpur FA 42 (18)
1989–1992 Sabah FA 47 (18)
Total 222 (91)
National team
1978–1986 Malaysia 42 (16)
1996–1999 Malaysia Beach Football Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

International career

Hassan start representing Malaysia in youth competition from 1977–1978. He brought into the senior team in 1978 by Karl Heinz Weigang. He is remembered as a member of the potent strike force comprising the likes of Mokhtar Dahari and James Wong (another player from Sabah). He was called "lipas kudung" because of his agility and was a member of the Malaysia squad that qualified for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow after defeating South Korea in 1980 Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.[1][2][3] Unfortunately, Malaysia did not go as it joined the US-led boycott towards Soviet Union for its role in supporting the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan against the Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen.

Further career

In 1996, Hassan join Malaysia national beach soccer team and played in the 1999 Beach Soccer World Championship as well. In 2015, he together with Wong was appointed as one of the members for the management team of Sabah FA.[2]

Honours

Club
Sabah FA
  • Runners up Malaysia League 1979 Tournament[4]

International

Order

References
  1. Darian Goh (14 November 2014). "Mokthar Dahari And 12 Other Local Football Legends Every Young Malaysian Should Know". Says.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. Mohd Izham Unnip Abdullah (25 December 2015). "Hassan Sani, James Wong curah bakti bersama Sabah" (in Malay). Berita Harian. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  3. Ryan Stanley (14 August 2016). "Jejak Wira Olimpik 1980 : 'The Hurricane' pecahkan tembok Korea Selatan" (in Malay). Berita Harian. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  4. "Malaysia Premier League 1996". Rhinos Online. Archived from the original on 27 May 2001. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
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