Hassan Sani

Hassan Sani

Personal information
Full name	Hassan Sani
Date of birth	(1958-08-31) 31 August 1958
Place of birth	Labuan, Malaysia
Height
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)
International career
1978–1986	Malaysia	42	(16)
1996–1999	Malaysia Beach Football Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hassan Sani (born 31 August 1958) was 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 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.

He was a member of the Malaysia squad that qualified for the 1980 Olympics Moscow after defeating South Korea in 1980 Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. Unfortunately, Malaysia did not go as it joined the US-led boycott against Soviet Union for the invasion of Afghanistan.

In 1996, Hassan join Malaysia national beach soccer team. He played in the Beach Soccer World Cup 1999 as well.

He is of Banjar descent and relatives to Jalaluddin Hassan and Musa Hassan.

Honours

• Runners up Malaysia League 1979 Tournament
• Winners Pestabola Merdeka 1979, 1986

References

• Berita Harian (7 May 2005)