Hassan Sani

Hassan Sani
Personal information
Full name	Hassan Sani
Date of birth	31 August 1958 (age 66)
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
1977–1984	Sabah FA
1985–1988	Kuala Lumpur FA
1989–1992	Sabah FA
Total
International career
1978–1986	Malaysia
1996–1999	Malaysia Beach Football Team
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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.^[2]^[3]^[4] 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.^[3]