Ahmad Radhi

Football player infobox


playername = Ahmad Radhi
Ahmed Radhi Amaiesh
nickname = Radhi
fullname = Ahmed Radhi Amaiesh
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|3|21
cityofbirth = Samarra
countryofbirth = Iraq
currentclub = Retired
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1982-1985 1985-1989 1989-1993 1993-1994 1997-1999
clubs = Al Zawraa Al-Rasheed Al Zawraa Al-Wakra Al Zawraa
caps(goals) = ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (12) ? (?)
nationalyears = 1983 - 1997
nationalteam = Iraq
nationalcaps(goals) = 73 (42)
pcupdate = N/A
ntupdate = N/A

Ahmad Radhi Amaiesh ( _ar. احمد راضي عماش) 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 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 Sunni Arab-led Iraqi Accord Front to the Council of Representatives of Iraq, replacing Abd al-Nasir al-Janabi, who had resigned to join the insurgency. [ [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071005/news_1n5develop.html Soccer star joins parliament] , "San Diego Union Tribune", 2007-10-05, accessed on 2008-01-06]

Achievements

* Chosen in the Asia's Top 10 Players of the Century list by IFFHS. [ [http://www.teammelli.com/Statistics/asia_best_players.htm Asia's best Players of the Century ] ]
* Top scorer of the Qatari League in 1994
* Asian Footballer of the Year 1988
* Top scorer of the 1988 Arab Nations Cup in 1988
* Top scorer of the Iraq Super League in 1986 and 1991

References