Radhi Shenaishil

Personal information
Full name	Radhi Shanaishil Swadi
Date of birth	(1966-06-30) 30 June 1966
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–	Iraq U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Radhi Shenaishil Swadi (Arabic: راضي شنيشل سوادي; born 11 August 1969) is a former Iraqi footballer and former coach of the Iraq national football team, and currently manages Iraq U23.

Playing career

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

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

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

As of 21 November 2023

Honours

References

External links

• Profile on Goalzz.com