Kenny Hassan

Kenny Hassan
Kenny Hassan on World Football Daily
Born	(1966-06-22) 22 June 1966 (age 50) Glasgow, Scotland
Show	Freelance Soccer Analyst
Style	Sports radio
Country	United States

Kenny Hassan (born 22 June 1966 in Glasgow, Scotland) was a Scottish host of the World Football Daily podcast. Hassan, a native Glasgow, supports Rangers and is a self-admitted Arsenal "admirer" as well as being supportive and respectful of the achievements of A.C. Milan. Hassan is also known for covering many different topics in football such as racism, hooliganism, safe standing and acceptance of the gay community in the sport.

Hassan lived for several years in Kaiserslautern, Germany. In his radio show Hassan was known for making up his own names for certain players. For example, he referred to now-retired Rangers defender Carlos Bocanegra as Carlos "Boca Juniors"; Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker as "Mertz-cracker"; FC Barcelona midfielder Sergi Busquets as "Biscuits"; either then-Liverpool's Dirk Kuyt or now-retired Manchester United's Ji-sung Park as "Ji-Sung Kuyt"; and either Tottenham Hotspur's Aaron Lennon or Queens Park Rangers' Shaun Wright-Phillips as "Shaun Wright-Lennon."

Hassan initially started as a guest co-host on Sirius Satellite Radio's World Soccer Daily. He would often pair up with Steven Cohen, Nick Geber or Howard Rogers. He eventually replaced Howard Rogers in November 2006 after Rogers was let go from the show. Kenny then became the Monday through Friday co-host of World Soccer Daily when he and Steven Cohen were famously known for travelling the country and doing live-remote broadcasts during Champions League matches from locations in Boston, NY, Denver and Philadelphia. Kenny was with the show until its final broadcast in September 2009. Kenny then co-founded World Football Daily with Steven Cohen under a subscriber based model which had never been done before on any platform. Hassan then went on to become the lone host after Cohen had left the show in April 2011.