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Ian James Rush MBE (born October 20, 1961) was a legendary Welsh footballer who played as a striker, most well-known for playing for Liverpool F.C..
Records
- Record FA Cup goalscorer with 44 goals (39 for Liverpool).
- Record FA Cup Final goalscorer with 5 goals.
- Joint record League Cup goalscorer with 49 goals (48 for Liverpool), shared with Geoff Hurst.
- First player to pick up 5 League Cup winners medals.
- Record Welsh international goalscorer with 28 goals.
- Record Liverpool goalscorer with 346 goals.
- Second top goalscorer in League football for Liverpool with 229 goals, behind Roger Hunt (245 goals).
- Record Merseyside derby goalscorer with 25 goals for Liverpool against Everton.
Biography
After attending St Richard Gwyn RC High School, Flint, Rush began his career at and later joined Liverpool in 1980.
He was voted PFA Young Player of the Year in 1983 after inspiring Liverpool to glory in the league championship and League Cup. He was voted PFA Player of the Year in 1984 after Liverpool retained both of their trophies and added the European Cup to their list of honours for that season. Rush scored twice for Liverpool as they beat neighbours Everton 3-1 in the 1986 FA Cup final to complete the double.
In the summer of 1987, he was transferred to the Italian giants, in Serie A. His time at Juventus was less than successful, scoring only eight times in 29 games. After one season, he returned to Anfield, rejoining Liverpool in the summer of 1988.
Rush scored twice against Everton in the 1989 FA Cup triumph and was a league championship winner the following year. In 1992 he picked up an FA Cup winners medal despite being restricted to just 16 league games and 2 goals that season due to injury. He picked up another League Cup winners medal in 1995 before ending his long association with Liverpool at the end of the 1995-96 season. His last game was the FA Cup final, which Liverpool lost 1-0 to Manchester United.
Rush then spent a season with , but scored just 3 times in 36 Premiership games and was given a free transfer at the end of the 1996-97 season. He joined on a one-year contract but was forced out of the side after Christmas when Alan Shearer returned from his long-term injury. He had loan spells with and Wrexham before leaving St James's Park in the summer of 1999. He made a brief playing comeback with Sydney United before finally retiring as a player in 2000, by which time he was 38 years old.
He was later appointed manager of his first professional club, Chester City (by this time in Football League Two) in August 2004 having removed himself from the unofficial shortlist for the post of manager of the Welsh national team in November 2004. He resigned from his post at Chester in April 2005 citing disagreements with the Chairman as the reason for his departure.
In 2005, at the age of 43, Ian Rush considered coming out of retirement to play for TNS, after the Welsh side were drawn against Liverpool for their opening round Champions League qualifying match, although in the end he didn't.
As of November 2005, Ian Rush has been involved with the game in the form of media commentary and pundit work of which he was doing a stint with ESPN.
On the 27th of April 2006, Rush was involved in the Marina-Dalglish charity match, which pitted the 1986 FA cup final teams of Liverpool and Everton against each other, in aid of Breast Cancer Research. He had a few chances on goal, but was not responsible for the last minute Liverpool clincher.
It is not yet clear whether Ian Rush will make a return to management or consider another career in or out of football.
International career
Rush played regularly for the Welsh national team scoring 28 goals in 73 games. Unfortunately he never got the chance to play in a major tournament for his country, although in 1991 he scored the winning goal in an Euro 92 qualifier against Germany.
Trivia
- Ian Rush was mentioned in a famous British milk television commercial. The advert featured two boys with strong Scouse accents in Liverpool Football Club shirts talking about milk. The advert famously refers to Accrington Stanley.
- He once famously described his stay in the north of Italy as like being "in a foreign country".
- When Liverpool took the lead through a Rush goal in the 1987 League Cup final, many fans assumed that the trophy was Liverpool's, as they had never lost a match in which Ian Rush scored. However, the run ended that day, as 2 Charlie Nicholas goals gave Arsenal the cup. A week later, Liverpool lost 2-1 to Norwich, the first time that they lost a league match in which Rush had scored.
Statistics
| Club | Season | National League | Australian Cup | - | - | Others | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Sydney Olympic FC | 1999-00 | 2 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2 | 1 |
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Wrexham | 1998-99 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
| Sheffield United Loan | 1997-98 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| Club | Season | Premiership | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Newcastle United | 1997-98 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | ||||
| Leeds United | 1996-97 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 3 | ||||||
| Liverpool | 1995-96 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 7 | |||
| 1994-95 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 50 | 19 | |||||
| 1993-94 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 19 | |||||
| 1992-93 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 22 | |
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Liverpool | 1991-92 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 9 | ||
| 1990-91 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 48 | 26 | ||
| 1989-90 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 48 | 26 | ||
| 1988-89 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 32 | 11 | ||
| Club | Season | Serie A | Coppa Italia | - | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Juventus | 1987-88 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 5 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 39 | 14 | ||
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Liverpool | 1986-87 | 42 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 57 | 40 | |
| 1985-86 | 40 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 56 | 33 | |
| 1984-85 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 26 | |||
| 1983-84 | 41 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 65 | 47 | ||
| 1982-83 | 34 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 31 | |
| 1981-82 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 30 | |||
| 1980-81 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chester City | 1979-80 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 17 | ||||||
| 1978-79 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total | 601 | 255 | 83 | 48 | 84 | 49 | 42 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 825 | 383 | |
Career Honours
Liverpool F.C.
Winner- 1980/81 League Cup
- 1981/82 League Cup
- 1981/82 League Championship (Level 1)
- 1982/83 Charity Shield
- 1982/83 League Cup
- 1982/83 League Championship (Level 1)
- 1983/84 League Cup
- 1983/84 League Championship (Level 1)
- 1983/84 European Cup
- 1985/86 Charity Shield Shared
- 1985/86 FA Cup
- 1985/86 League Championship (Level 1)
- 1988/89 FA Cup
- 1989/90 Charity Shield
- 1989/90 League Championship (Level 1)
- 1990/91 Charity Shield Shared
- 1991/92 FA Cup
- 1994/95 League Cup
Runner Up
- 1983/84 Charity Shield
- 1984/85 Charity Shield
- 1984/85 Intercontinental Cup
- 1984/85 European Super Cup
- 1984/85 League Championship (Level 1)
- 1984/85 European Cup
- 1986/87 League Cup
- 1986/87 League Championship (Level 1)
- 1988/89 League Championship (Level 1)
- 1990/91 League Championship (Level 1)
- 1992/93 Charity Shield
- 1995/96 FA Cup
Personal Honours
- 1983 PFA Young Player of the Year
- 1984 PFA Players' Player of the Year
- 1984 FWA Footballer of the Year
- 1984 European Golden Boot
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