Jaafar Shenaishil
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| 2022–2025 | Al-Minaa | 40 | (0) |
| 2025– | Al-Karkh | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Iraq U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023– | Iraq U23 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals 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-Karkh.
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]
International career
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]