Ahmad Radhi

Ahmed Radhi

Personal information
Full name	Ahmed Radhi Amaiesh Al-Salihi
Date of birth	April 21, 1964 (1964-04-21)
Place of birth	Baghdad, Iraq
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982–1985	Al Zawraa
1985–1989	Al-Rasheed
1989–1993	Al Zawraa
1993–1996	Al-Wakra
1996–1999	Al Zawraa
National team
1983–1997	Iraq	73	(42)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Ahmad Radhi Amaiesh Al-Salihi (Arabic: احمد راضي اميش الصالحي‎, born on March 21, 1964 in Baghdad, Iraq) is a former Iraqi football player and a current politician. Widely regarded as Iraq's best player of all-time, Radhi scored the only Iraqi goal in the 1986 FIFA World Cup against Belgium. He was voted the 1988 Asian Footballer of the Year.

Radhi's international career came to a bitter end in 1997; when he failed to save Iraq from a shocking first-round elimination in the 1998 World Cup Asian qualifiers. Two years later, Radhi ended his career as a footballer in 1999, after he led local side Al-Zawraa to another league title.

In October 2007, he was nominated by the opposition Iraqi Accord Front to the Council of Representatives of Iraq, replacing Abd al-Nasir al-Janabi, who had resigned to join the insurgency.

Achievements

• Chosen in the Asia's Top 10 Players of the Century list by IFFHS.
• Top scorer of the Qatari League in 1994
• Asian Footballer of the Year 1988
• Top scorer of the 1988 Arab Nations Cup in 1988
• Top scorer of the Iraq Super League in 1986 and 1991

References

Awards
Preceded by Mubarak Mustafa	Qatari League top scorers 1994	Succeeded by Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi
Preceded by No Award	Asian Footballer of the Year 1988	Succeeded by Kim Joo-Sung
Preceded by N/A	Arab Nations Cup top scorers 1988	Succeeded by N/A
Preceded by Abandoned due to War	Iraq Super League top scorers 1986	Succeeded by Raheem Hameed