What is Ahmed Radhi?
'''Ahmed Radhi Amaiesh Al-Salehi''' ({{lang-ar|أحمد راضي أميش الصالحي}}, 21 April 1964 – 21 June 2020) was an [[Iraq]]i [[footballer]]. He played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]]. He was seen as one of Iraq's best players of all-time. Radhi scored the only [[Iraq national football team|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/sport/2020/6/13/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%B0%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9|title=أحمد راضي يروي معاناته مع كورونا ويوجه هذه الرسالة|website=alaraby.co.uk|language=Arabic|date=13 June 2020}}</ref> He died from the infection on 21 June, aged 56.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arabic.euronews.com/2020/06/21/ahmed-radhi-former-iraqi-football-legend-dies-coronavirus|title=وفاة أسطورة كرة القدم العراقية أحمد راضي بسبب فيروس كورونا (وزارة الصحة)|website=euronews|language=Arabic|date=21 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/iraqi-football-great-ahmed-radhi-dies-after-contracting-coronavirus-1.1036677|title=Iraqi football great Ahmed Radhi dies after contracting coronavirus|website=The National|date=21 June 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Radhi, Ahmed}} [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq]] [[Category:People from Baghdad]] [[Category:Iraqi footballers]] [[Category:Iraqi football managers]] {{sports-bio-stub}}