# Ehsan Hadi

Ehsan Hadi Saleh (Arabic: إِحْسَان هَادِي صَالِح; born 1 May 1976) is a coach and former professional Iraqi football player, he played as a striker.

## Club career
### Early career

Hadi started playing in the Al-Bahri Academy in 1989. He progressed until he was promoted to the first-team in 1994. He stayed with his club for three seasons, then moved to play side Kahrabaa Al-Hartha for one season.

### Al-Minaa

In 1998, Hadi moved to play in the Iraqi Premier League when Al-Minaa signed a contract with him, were the Al-Minaa's president, Hadi Ahmed, was impressed when he saw him play with his team, Kahrabaa Al-Hartha, in a friendly match against Al-Minaa. He remained play side Al-Minaa for six seasons. On 12 April 2002, he scored his first hat-trick against Al-Ramadi at Al-Ramadi Stadium, to help Al-Minaa win 5–1. On 10 October 2002, Hadi scored his second hat-trick when he led Al-Minaa to a 3–0 victory over Al-Samawa.

### Duhok

In 2004, Hadi signed a one-season contract with Duhok. On 14 April 2005, he scored his third hat-trick in Premier League against Erbil, to help Duhok win 3–0 in the Northern Derby.

### Return to Al-Minaa

In 2005, Hadi returned to play for Al-Minaa, and remained at the club until 2012, when he decided to retire. During that period, he scored 19 goals, including 4 goals in the Basra derby, making him the derby's top scorer. He also scored beautiful goals during that period, including his goal against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in December 2010, and his missile goal against Maysan in February 2010. On 23 December 2009, Hadi won the Thaghr al-Iraq Championship with his team after defeating Naft Al-Basra in the final, although he was sent off in the second half.

## Coaching career

In 2012, immediately after his retirement, Hadi started working as an assistant coach within the coaching staff of the Al-Minaa team led by Rahim Hameed.
On 16 April 2018, Al-Bahri signed a contract with Hadi as an assistant coach within the team's coaching staff led by Nasser Talla Dahilan. On 24 July 2018, Al-Bahri renewed its contract with Hadi within the coaching staff for a new season.
On 21 August 2021, Al-Minaa coach Qusay Munir chose Hadi as an assistant coach within the team's technical staff. On 23 October 2021, the Al-Minaa administration dismissed Qusay Munir from leading the team due to bad results, and Hadi chose as a temporary coach, to face Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in his first experience as a main coach. The result of the match ended with a draw. On 7 November 2021, Al-Minaa contracted with Ammar Hussein as coach of the team, and Hadi kept in his assistant staff. Eight days later, Hussein resigned from the team's training, so the Al-Minaa administration chose Hadi as a temporary coach again. On 24 November 2021, the Al-Minaa administration contracted with Hatef Shamran as coach of the team, and thanked Hadi, who led the team during the last period.
On 20 December 2021, Naft Maysan signed a contract with Hadi as an assistant coach within the team's coaching staff led by Asaad Abdul Razzaq. On 7 March 2022, Naft Al-Basra signed a contract with Hadi as an assistant coach within the team's coaching staff led by Asaad Abdul Razzaq.

## Managerial statistics

    As of 24 November 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure :
| Team | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win % |
| Al-Mina'a | 23 October 2021 | 24 November 2021 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 000.0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 000.0 |

## Honours
### Player

Al-Minaa
* Thaghr al-Iraq Championship: 2009