| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ahmed Radhi Amaiesh Al-Salihi | ||
| Date of birth | April 21, 1964 | ||
| 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). |
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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.[1]
| 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 |
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