Hassan Sani was a former Malaysian football

Football (soccer)

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 player. He played for Sabah FA

Sabah FA

The Football Association of Sabah is a registered football association affiliated with the Football Association of Malaysia. The association's football team competes in Malaysia's football league representing the state of Sabah in Borneo. Sabah FA is a professional football club and one of the 14...

 in the semi-pro league and Malaysia Cup

Malaysia Cup

The Malaysia Cup is an annual association football tournament in Malaysia. It is currently the longest-running football competition in Asia...

 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

Karlheinz Weigang

Karl-Heinz Weigang, is a German football manager, who has mainly worked in Africa and Asia. He was appointed as coaching director of Malaysia FA, but resigned after a year....

.

He is remembered as a member of the potent strike force comprising the likes of Mokhtar Dahari

Mokhtar Dahari

Allahyarham Dato' Mokhtar Dahari was a Malaysian Association football player from Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. He was one of the best players in Asia in the 1970s and is known as the best Malaysian footballer during that time, a legend in Malaysian football...

 and James Wong

James Wong (footballer)

James Wong is a former Malaysian footballer who is a striker for Malaysia national football team and Sabah FA. He was known as King James Wong by the local fans and Ah Fook by his teammates....

 (another player from Sabah

Sabah

Sabah is one of 13 member states of Malaysia. It is located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in the country after Sarawak, which it borders on its southwest. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south...

). He was called lipas kudung because of his agility.

He was a member of the Malaysia squad

Malaysia national football team

The Malaysian national football team nicknamed Harimau Malaya, as the Malayan Tiger, is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia...

 that qualified for the 1980 Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

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 in Moscow. Unfortunately, Malaysia did not go as it joined the US-led boycott against Soviet Union for the invasion of Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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.

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

Beach Soccer World Cup 1999

The 1999 Beach Soccer World Cup was the fifth edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships which saw Brazil win their fifth title in a row. This year was the first time that 12 teams would compete for the cup...

as well.