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 ==