Abdul-Ghani Shahad (born 7 March 1968) is an Iraqi professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of Iraq U23.
Abdul-Ghani started his playing career at Al-Najaf FC and remained a one club man throughout his career.
Upon his retirement in 1999, he went in coaching and managed his hometown club Al-Najaf for 7 years, achieving a second place finish.
He moved around and managed a number of Iraqi sides, before winning his first Iraqi Premier League title with Naft Al-Wasat.
Abdul-Ghani went on to be appointed as manager of the Iraqi U23 national team, where he guided the team towards Olympic qualification and a third place finish in the AFC U-22 Championship