Raad Hammoudi Salman al-Aredhi (Arabic: رعد حمودي سلمان العارضي; born May 1, 1953) is a retired Iraqi football player who represented his country as a goalkeeper in the Olympics and the World Cup. He is known as being the most successful goalkeeper in Iraqi football, leading Iraq to the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He made his international debut in 1976 against Turkey. Raad was an important part of the Al-Shorta side, captaining them to the Iraqi League in season 1979/80. He took three penalties for Al-Shorta, scoring two and missing one. He was goalkeeper of the tournament during Iraq's win in the 1979 Gulf Cup, when he conceded just one goal in six games, he was also in goal when Iraq won the Asian Games in 1982. Raad started his career in 1972 when he joined second division club Kuliya Al-Shurta (where he won the Iraqi Central Second Division), a team which later merged with Shurta Al-Najda and Aliyat Al-Shorta to form Al-Shurta Sports Club.
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Raad Hammoudi Salman Aredhi 20 April 1958 (age 67) Iraq
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