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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) | ||||||||||||||
1985–1987 | Kuala Lumpur FA | 42 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
1988–1992 | Sabah FA | 47 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 222 | (91) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1978–1986 | Malaysia | 30 [1] | (14) | ||||||||||||||
1996–1999 | Malaysia Beach Football Team | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Hassan Sani PGDK (born 31 August 1958) is a former Malaysian football player. [2]
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. [3] [4] [5] 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.
In 1996, Hassan join Malaysia national beach soccer team and played in the 1999 Beach Soccer World Championship as well. [6] In 2015, he together with Wong was appointed as one of the members for the management team of Sabah FA. [4]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 8 September 1977 | Seoul, South Korea | ![]() | 3–1 | 1977 Korea President Cup | |
2 | 23 September 1979 | Jakarta, Indonesia | ![]() | 2–0 | 1979 SEA Games | |
3 | 16 March 1980 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ![]() | 3–1 | Friendly | |
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5 | 21 March 1980 | Seoul, South Korea | ![]() | 6–1 | 1980 Olympics Qualifications | |
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8 | 2 April 1980 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ![]() | 8–0 | 1980 Olympics Qualifications | |
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10 | 15 October 1980 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ![]() | 2–0 | 1980 Merdeka Tournament | |
11 | 17 October 1980 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ![]() | 3–2 | 1980 Merdeka Tournament | |
12 | 23 October 1980 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ![]() | 1–1 | 1980 Merdeka Tournament | |
13 | 30 October 1980 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ![]() | 2–0 | 1980 Merdeka Tournament | |
14 | 4 September 1984 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ![]() | 5–1 | 1984 Merdeka Tournament |