Key facts
- 1998
- Al-Arabi
- 2001
- Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
- 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
- Striker
- 1979 1980
- Al-Shorta
- 1980 1981
- Al-Zawraa
- Years
- Team
- 1981 1984
- Al-Zawraa
- 1984 1990
- Al-Rasheed
- 1990 1993
- Al-Zawraa
- 1993 1997
- Al-Wakrah
- 1997 1998
- Al-Zawraa
- 1998 1999
- Al-Zawraa
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Official website
احمد راضي
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ahmed
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iraq
- Place of birth
- Baghdad
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Islam
- Participant in
- 1988 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Al-Zawra'a SC
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Iraq
- Official website
- ahmedradhi.com
- Image
- احمد راضي (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 186
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- date of birth
- 1964-04-21
- name in native language
- أحمد راضي
- date of death
- 2020-06-21
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- COVID-19
- coach of sports team
- Al-Zawra'a SC
- Commons category
- Ahmed Radhi
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Encyclopedic overview
Ahmed Radhi Humaiesh Al-Salehi (Arabic: أَحْمَد رَاضِي هَمِيش الصَّالِحِيّ, 21 April 1964 – 21 June 2020) was an Iraqi footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed "Al-Saher" (The Magician) in his playing days and regarded as one of Iraq's and Asia's best players of all time, Radhi scored the only Iraqi goal at the FIFA World Cup in its 1986 edition, a low shot to the corner of the net against Belgium in a 2–1 defeat. He was voted the Asian Footballer of the Year in 1988.
Club career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ahmad Radhi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.