Radhi Shenaishil
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Radhi Shenaishil Swadi was a caretaker for the Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

i National Football Team.

Playing career

Radhi Shnishel was born and brought up in Al-Thawra City in Baghdad. He started his footballing career with Al-Tayaran club in Baghdad as a youth player. The intelligent defender once captained an Iraqi Under 20's team and helped them to top their group which included Spain, Norway and Argentina, who they beat 1-0 with Shnishel 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.

In the summer of 1999, he retired from international football after the Pan-Arab Games final loss against hosts Jordan on penalties, he scored Iraq's only penalty in a 3-1 shoot-out loss, but also scored an own-goal during the 90 minutes in a game which ended 4-4. The libero was voted into the Asian Cup XI of U.A.E'96 with team-mate Laith Hussein after helping Iraq to the quarter-finals.

Coaching career

After successfully leading Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Air Force Club or Nadi Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya is a football club based in Baghdad, Iraq. "Al Quwa Al Jawiya" is Arabic for "Air Force". It was the first club to be found in Iraq on July 4, 1931 under the name of "Gipsy Moth," by a group of Iraqi flight policemen from the RAF Base of Hinaidi...

 and Al-Zawraa
Al-Zawraa
Al-Zawra'a Sport Club is an Iraqi football club based in Karkh, Baghdad. Al-Zawraa is considered to be one of the best Iraqi football clubs in history, as it has won 12 national titles...

 to consecutive league finals in 2007 and 2008, Radhi was chosen to lead the Iraq national football team
Iraq national football team
The Iraqi national football team represents Iraq in international football and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association. They won the 2007 Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup tournament.-The Golden Generation:...

 in 2009 for two friendly matches. The first match was against Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia national football team
Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation...

 which ended 0-0. The second match was friendly in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

 against South Korea which ended in a 2-1 defeat.

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