Radhi Shenaishil

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

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.

Managerial statistics

As of 31 January 2021

Team	Nat	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		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		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	""Present""	7	7	0	0	100.00
Total				374	181	102	91	048.40

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