Radhi Shenaishil

Radhi Shenaishil
Personal information
Full name Radhi Shanaishil Swadi
Date of birth (1966-06-30) 30 June 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Iraq U23 (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1983–1991 Al-Zawraa
1991–1993 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1993–1998 Al-Gharrafa
1998–1999 Al-Sharjah
1999–2001 Al-Sadd
2001–2005 Qatar SC
2005–2006 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
International career
1985-1989 Iraq U20
1988–1999 Iraq 80 (6)
Managerial career
2006–2007 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2007–2008 Al-Zawraa
2009 Iraq
2009–2010 Al-Talaba
2010–2011 Al-Zawraa
2011–2012 Iraq U23
2012–2014 Al-Zawraa
2014–2015 Qatar SC
2014–2015 → Iraq (loan)
2016 Al-Shorta
2016–2017 Iraq
2017–2018 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2018–2020 Naft Al-Wasat
2021 Al-Zawraa
2021–2022 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2022 Iraq (interim)
2022–2024 Iraq U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Radhi Shenaishil Swadi (Arabic: راضي شنيشل سوادي; born 11 August 1966) is a former Iraqi footballer and former coach of the Iraq national football team.

Playing career

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Radhi Shenaishil was born and brought up in Al-Thawra City in Baghdad.

He captained an Iraqi Under 20s team and helped them to top their group which included Spain, Norway and Argentina, who they beat 1–0 with Radhi scoring the winner from a penalty against a side featuring Diego Simeone and Roberto Bonano in the FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia in 1989.

The libero was voted into the Asian Cup select team XI at the 1996 Asian Cup with teammate Laith Hussein after helping Iraq to the quarter-finals.[1]

In the summer of 1999, he retired from international football after the Pan-Arab Games final loss against hosts Jordan on penalties, where he scored Iraq's only penalty in a 3–1 shoot-out loss. In the same game he also scored an own-goal.

International goals

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Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.

No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 June 1993 Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu  Pakistan 3–0 4–0 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 28 October 1993 Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha  Japan 1–1 2–2
3. 11 August 1996 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman  Pakistan 3–0 3–0 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Managerial career

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In March 2009, Shenaishil managed the Iraq national team for two friendly matches, against Saudi Arabia and South Korea. On 11 September 2014, Shenaishil was appointed as manager of Qatar Stars League club Qatar SC.[2]

Months before the 2015 AFC Asian Cup started, Shenaishil was named as new Iraqi national team manager, replacing Hakeem Shaker whilst continuing as manager of Qatar SC. The first match under Shenaishil as Iraq coach was a 1–1 draw with Kuwait. He led the team in tournament to a 1–0 win over Jordan in opener and a 2–0 win over Palestine and also a 0–1 loss to Japan and finished as group runner-up behind Japan with six points. His side faced Iran in quarter-final and won 7–6 in penalties after 3–3 draw in extra time. In semi-finals, Iraq lost 0–2 to South Korea and then lost the third place match 3–2 to UAE. He returned to Qatar SC in February 2015, after the Asian Cup ended,[3] but resigned on 26 October 2015.[4]

On 15 April 2016, Shenaishil became the new coach of Iraq.[5] in order to lead the team in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round. The team did not perform and after losing five out of seven games, he was sacked on April 10, 2017.[6]

On 12 December 2018, Shenaishil became the new coach for Naft Al-Wasat SC, a big announcement for him to come back to the Iraqi league.

On 26 July 2022, Shenaishil was announced as the new head coach for Iraq U23, after serving as an interim coach of the Iraqi national team.[7]

Managerial statistics

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As of 30 July 2024
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 26 June 2006 18 July 2007 13 8 2 3 061.54
Al-Zawraa 13 August 2007 1 September 2008 30 15 8 7 050.00
Iraq (Interim) 22 February 2009 21 May 2009 2 0 1 1 000.00
Al-Talaba 14 July 2009 11 August 2010 38 20 12 6 052.63
Al-Zawraa 8 September 2010 16 August 2011 27 19 6 2 070.37
Iraq U-23 17 August 2011 14 March 2012 10 3 2 5 030.00
Al-Zawraa 26 March 2012 28 June 2014 84 38 25 21 045.24
Qatar SC 8 September 2014 24 October 2015 34 16 6 12 047.06
Iraq (Interim) 13 December 2014 21 February 2015 10 3 2 5 030.00
Al-Shorta 8 March 2016 8 May 2016 5 1 2 2 020.00
Iraq 20 April 2016 10 April 2017 15 2 3 10 013.33
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 27 November 2017 10 August 2018 48 30 13 5 062.50
Naft Al-Wasat 12 December 2018 16 June 2020 51 19 20 12 037.25
Al-Zawraa 3 January 2021 4 August 2021 43 24 14 5 055.81
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 7 November 2021 15 January 2022 13 5 4 4 038.46
Iraq (Interim) 25 August 2022 12 November 2022 4 1 2 1 025.00
Iraq U23 25 August 2022 ""Present"" 32 18 5 9 056.25
Total 456 221 126 109 048.46

Honours

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As a player

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Club

As a manager

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Club

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Al-Zawraa

International

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Iraq
Iraq U23

References

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  1. ^ Hassanin Mubarak. "Player Database". iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2001.
  2. ^ "Qatar SC part company with Hasek, appoint Shenaishil". QFA. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Iraq coach Shenaishil set to resume Qatar SC role". Qatar Sports Today. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Lazaroni returns to Qatar Sports Club". Qatar Stars League. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  5. ^ [1][dead link]
  6. ^ "Iraq sack National Team manager Radhi Shenaishil". 10 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Jesús Casas: The full story of Iraq's 7-month managerial search". socceriraq.net. 29 October 2022.
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