Hassan Sani
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hassan Sani | ||
Date of birth | 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 | 30 | (14) |
1996–1999 | Malaysia Beach Football Team | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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.[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
- Winners: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982
International[]
- Winners: 1979
- Winners: 1979, 1986
Order[]
Sabah :
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) - Datuk (2016)
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Mohd Izham Unnip Abdullah (25 December 2015). "Hassan Sani, James Wong curah bakti bersama Sabah" (in Malay). Berita Harian. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ Ryan Stanley (14 August 2016). "Jejak Wira Olimpik 1980 : 'The Hurricane' pecahkan tembok Korea Selatan" (in Malay). Berita Harian. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "Malaysia Premier League 1996". Rhinos Online. Archived from the original on 27 May 2001. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "When 17 teams contested the first ever Malaysian 'league' back in 1979". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- Malaysian footballers
- Malaysia international footballers
- People from Labuan
- Living people
- 1958 births
- Sabah FA players
- Malaysian people of Malay descent
- Malaysian people of Banjar descent
- Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia
- Southeast Asian Games medalists in football
- Association football forwards
- Competitors at the 1979 Southeast Asian Games
- Malaysian football biography stubs