Ahmad Radhi
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| Ahmad Radhi | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Ahmed Radhi Amaiesh | |
| Date of birth | March 21, 1964 | |
| Place of birth | Samarra, Iraq | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1982-1985 1985-1989 1989-1993 1993-1994 1997-1999 |
Al Zawraa Al-Rasheed Al Zawraa Al-Wakra Al Zawraa |
? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (12) ? (?) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1983 - 1997 | Iraq | 73 (42) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Ahmad Radi Amaiesh (Arabic: احمد راضي) 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 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 Sunni Arab-led Iraqi Accord Front to the Council of Representatives of Iraq, replacing Abd al-Nasir al-Janabi, who had resigned to join the insurgency.[1]
[edit] Achievements
- Chosen in the Asia's Top 10 Players of the Century list by IFFHS. [2]
- 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
[edit] References
- ^ Soccer star joins parliament, San Diego Union Tribune, 2007-10-05, accessed on 2008-01-06
- ^ Asia's best Players of the Century
| Awards | ||
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| 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 |
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