Hassan Sani (born 31 August 1958) is a former Malaysian football player.
Career Overview
He played for Sabah and Kuala Lumpur in the Malaysian 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 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. 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.
Honours
Sabah
Malaysian League Tournament runner-up: 1979
Borneo Cup: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian First Division: 1986
Malaysia Cup: 1987
International
SEA Games: 1979
Pestabola Merdeka: 1979
Individual
Borneo Cup top scorer: 1982
AFC Asian All Stars: 1982
SAFA Commemoration Award: 2019
Order
: Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) - Datuk (2016)