Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jaafar Shenaishil Luaibi [1] | ||
Date of birth | 26 April 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Basra, Iraq | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Minaa | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2022 | Al-Minaa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Al-Minaa | 40 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022–2023 | Iraq U20 | 3 | (0) |
2023– | Iraq U23 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 January 2024 |
Jaafar Shenaishil (born 26 April 2003) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Iraqi Stars League side Al-Minaa.
Shenaishil started playing football at the Al-Minaa Academy, and was able to win with Al-Minaa U19 team the Iraqi Youth Premier League in 2022. [2]
In September 2022, he was promoted to play with the club's first team, [3] and was able with his team to win the Iraqi Premier Division League and promotion to the Iraq Stars League. [4] [5]
In August 2023, his contract with Al-Minaa was renewed [6] and he played in the starting lineup regularly in the Iraqi Stars League, and got 12 clean sheets, and won the Goalkeeper of the Round award in December 2023 [7] and July 2024, [8] and the team coach, Hassan Ahmed, considered him one of the main pillars of the team and considered his presence very important in every match that Al-Minaa plays. [9] In August 2024, his contract with Al-Minaa was renewed for an additional season. [10]
Shenaishil was first picked to represent Iraq in 2022, when the under-20 coach Emad Mohammed selected him to be a part of his 26-man squad to play in 2022 Arab Cup U-20. [11] [12]
He was also selected by the coach Radhi Shenaishil to be part of the 26-man Olympic squad to play in the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, after the good levels he showed in the league. [13] [14] [15]
Al-Minaa