Ian Rush

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Ian Rush
MBE
Rush in 2010
Personal information
Full name Ian James Rush[1]
Date of birth (1961-10-20) 20 October 1961 (age 62)[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)
1986–1987Liverpool (loan) 42 (30)
1988–1996 Liverpool 340 (140)
1996–1997 Leeds United 36 (3)
1997–1998 Newcastle United 10 (0)
1998Sheffield 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[change | change source]

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. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Appearance(s) in European Cup
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 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. 8.0 8.1 8.2 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[change | change source]

Source:[6]

Liverpool

Individual

References[change | change source]

  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.