Radhi Shenaishil

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

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.

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 3–0 4–0 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification 2. 28 October 1993 Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha 1–1 2–2 3. 11 August 1996 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman 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.

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, but resigned on 26 October 2015.

On 15 April 2016, Shenaishil became the new coach of Iraq. 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.

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.

Managerial statistics

Honours

As a player Club Iraqi Premier League Winner Al-Zawra'a SC 1990-1991 1991–92 Iraqi League with Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaIraq FA Cup 1 *** 92 Iraq FA Cup Winner 5 times 81, 82, 89, 90, 91 with Al-Zawra'a SC 92 with Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Intisar Cup Winners Winner 2 times 84, 86 with Al-Zawra'a SC Arab Cooperation Council Championship Winners Winner Once 1989 Qatar Emir Cup Winner 5 times 95, 96, 97, 98 with Al-Ittihad 2000 with Al Sadd SC Qatari League Winner Three Times 1997/1998 with Al-Ittihad 1999/2000 With Al Sadd Sc 2002/2003 with Qatar SC Sheikh Jassim Cup Winner 3 times 2000 With Al Sadd SC 2002, 2004 with Qatar SC

As a manager

Club Al-Zawraa Iraqi Premier League: 2010–11

International Iraq AFC Asian Cup Fourth-place: 2015

Iraq U23 WAFF U-23 Championship Champions: 2023 AFC U-23 Asian Cup Third place: 2024