Ian Rush

Ian Rush
MBE

Rush in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Ian James Rush[1]
Date of birth	(1961-10-20) 20 October 1961 (age 63)[2]
Place of birth	St Asaph, Wales
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s)	Forward[4]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1980	Chester City	34	(14)
1980–1986	Liverpool	277	(176)
1986–1988	Juventus	29	(7)
1986–1987	→ Liverpool (loan)	42	(30)
1988–1996	Liverpool	340	(140)
1996–1997	Leeds United	36	(3)
1997–1998	Newcastle United	10	(0)
1998	→ Sheffield United (loan)	4	(0)
1998–1999	Wrexham	17	(0)
1999–2000	Sydney Olympic	3	(1)
Total		792	(371)
National team
1980–1996	Wales[5]	73	(28)
Teams managed
2004–2005	Chester City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ian Rush (born 20 October 1961) is a former Welsh international football player, who notably played for Liverpool and Juventus.

He was a very successful striker, who set many goal-scoring records for Liverpool in particular.

When he retired from playing, he returned to his first club and managed Chester City before going on to work on television.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League Cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chester City	1978–79	Third Division	1	0	–		–		–		–		1	0
	1979–80	Third Division	33	14	5	4	–		–		–		38	17
	Total		34	14	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	18
Liverpool	1980–81	First Division	7	0	–		1	0	1[c]	0	–		9	0
	1981–82	First Division	32	17	3	3	10	8	4[c]	2	–		49	30
	1982–83	First Division	34	24	3	3	8	2	5[c]	2	1[d]	1	51	32
	1983–84	First Division	41	32	2	2	11	8	10[c]	5	1[d]	0	65	47
	1984–85	First Division	28	14	6	7	1	1	6[c]	5	3[e]	0	44	27
	1985–86	First Division	40	24	8	6	6	3	–		2[f]	2	56	35
	1986–87	First Division	42	30	3	0	9	4	–		3[g]	6	57	40
Juventus	1987–88	Serie A	29	7	7	5	–		3[h]	1	1	0	40	13
Liverpool	1988–89	First Division	24	7	2	3	4	1	–		2[i]	0	32	11
	1989–90	First Division	36	18	8	6	3	2	–		1[d]	0	48	28
	1990–91	First Division	37	20	7	5	3	5	–		1[d]	0	48	30
	1991–92	First Division	18	4	5	1	3	3	5[h]	1	–		31	9
	1992–93	Premier League	32	14	1	1	4	1	4[j]	5	1[d]	1	42	22
	1993–94	Premier League	42	14	2	1	5	4	–		–		49	19
	1994–95	Premier League	36	12	7	1	7	6	–		–		50	19
	1995–96	Premier League	20	5	4	1	2	1	3[h]	0	–		29	7
	Liverpool total		469	229	61	39	77	48	38	20	15	10	660	346
Leeds United	1996–97	Premier League	36	3	4	0	2	0	–		–		42	3
Newcastle United	1997–98	Premier League	10	0	1	1	2	1	1[k]	0	–		14	2
Sheffield United	1997–98	First Division	4	0	–		–		–		–		4	0
Wrexham	1998–99	Second Division	17	0	4	0	2	0	–		–		23	0
Sydney Olympic	1999–2000	National Soccer League	3	1	–		–		–		–		3	1
Career total			602	254	82	49	83	49	42	21	16	10	825	383

1. Includes FA Cup, Coppa Italia
2. Includes Football League Cup
3. Appearance(s) in European Cup
4. Appearance in FA Charity Shield
5. One appearance in FA Charity Shield, one appearance in European Super Cup, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup
6. Appearances in Football League Super Cup
7. One appearance and one goal in FA Charity Shield, two appearances and five goals in Football League Super Cup
8. Appearances in UEFA Cup
9. Appearances in Football League Centenary Trophy
10. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
11. Appearance in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Source:^[6]

Liverpool

• Football League First Division: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1989–90
• FA Cup: 1985–86, 1988–89, 1991–92
• League Cup: 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1994–95
• Football League Super Cup: 1985–86
• FA Charity Shield: 1982, 1986 (shared), 1989, 1990 (shared)
• European Cup: 1980–81, 1983–84

Individual

• PFA Young Player of the Year: 1983
• PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1984
• FWA Footballer of the Year: 1984
• BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year: 1984
• PFA First Division Team of the Year: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1991
• PFA Team of the Century (1977-1996): 2007^[7]
• European Golden Boot: 1984
• First Division Golden Boot: 1984
• Liverpool Top Goalscorer: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94
• FAI International Football Awards – International Personality: 2010^[8]

References

1. "Ian Rush". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
2. "I. Rush: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
3. "Ian Rush: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
4. "Ian Rush". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
5. Alpuin, Luis Fernando Passo (20 February 2009). "Wales – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
6. LFChistory.net. "Liverpool career stats for Ian Rush - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". www.lfchistory.net.
7. "Team of the Century: 1977-1996 - Souness, Robson & Hoddle...not a bad midfield trio!". GiveMeFootball.com. Give Me Football. 30 August 2007. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
8. "21st 3/FAI International Football Award winners announced". fai.ie. FAI. 7 February 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013.