Ahmed Radhi

Ahmed Radhi
Radhi (right) in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Radhi Humaiesh Al-Salehi
Date of birth (1964-04-21)21 April 1964
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Date of death 21 June 2020(2020-06-21) (aged 56)
Place of death Baghdad, Iraq
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1979–1980 Al-Shorta[1]
1980–1981 Al-Zawraa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1985 Al-Zawraa (11)
1985–1989 Al-Rasheed (43)
1989–1993 Al-Zawraa (78)
1993–1997 Al-Wakrah 30+ (11+)
1997–1998 Al-Zawraa (7)
1998 Al-Arabi 1 (1)
1998 Dibba Al-Hisn
1998–1999 Al-Zawraa (7)
International career
1982–1997 Iraq 121 (62)
Managerial career
1999–2001 Al-Shorta
2001 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2001–2002 Iraq U20
2002–2003 Al-Zawraa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ahmed Radhi Amaiesh Al-Salehi (Arabic: أحمد راضي أميش الصالحي, 21 April 1964 – 21 June 2020) was an Iraqi footballer. He played as a forward. He was seen as one of Iraq's best players of all-time. Radhi scored the only Iraqi goal in the FIFA World Cup. He was voted the 1988 Asian Footballer of the Year. He was born in Baghdad.

Radhi was hospitalized in the Baghdad neighborhood of Adhamiyah on 13 June 2020 with COVID-19.[2] He died from the infection on 21 June, aged 56.[3][4]

References

  1. "أحمد راضي - Ahmad Radhi". Kooora. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. "أحمد راضي يروي معاناته مع كورونا ويوجه هذه الرسالة". alaraby.co.uk (in Arabic). 13 June 2020.
  3. "وفاة أسطورة كرة القدم العراقية أحمد راضي بسبب فيروس كورونا (وزارة الصحة)". euronews (in Arabic). 21 June 2020.
  4. "Iraqi football great Ahmed Radhi dies after contracting coronavirus". The National. 21 June 2020.