Ian Rush

**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

|rowspan="2" style="width:125px;"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Chester City|1978–79|Third Division|1|0|–|–|–|–|1|0|||||
|1979–80|Third Division|33|14|5|4|–|–|–|38|17||||||
|rowspan="7"|Liverpool|1980–81|First Division|7|0|–|1|0|1|0|–|9|0|||
|1981–82|First Division|32|17|3|3|10|8|4|2|–|49|30||||
|1982–83|First Division|34|24|3|3|8|2|5|2|1|1|51|32|||
|1983–84|First Division|41|32|2|2|11|8|10|5|1|0|65|47|||
|1984–85|First Division|28|14|6|7|1|1|6|5|3|0|44|27|||
|1985–86|First Division|40|24|8|6|6|3|–|2|2|56|35||||
|1986–87|First Division|42|30|3|0|9|4|–|3|6|57|40||||
|Juventus|1987–88|Serie A|29|7|7|5|–|3|1|1|0|40|13|||
|rowspan="9"|Liverpool|1988–89|First Division|24|7|2|3|4|1|–|2|0|32|11||
|1989–90|First Division|36|18|8|6|3|2|–|1|0|48|28||||
|1990–91|First Division|37|20|7|5|3|5|–|1|0|48|30||||
|1991–92|First Division|18|4|5|1|3|3|5|1|–|31|9||||
|1992–93|Premier League|32|14|1|1|4|1|4|5|1|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|0|–|29|7||||
|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|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||||||

## Honours

- Source:

**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
- 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

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ian Rush
<small>Order of the British Empire, MBE</small>
- **image**: Ian Rush in Singapore.jpg
- **caption**: Rush in 2010
- **full name**: Ian James Rush
- **birth place**: St Asaph, Wales
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **years1**: 1978–1980
- **years2**: 1980–1986
- **years3**: 1986–1988
- **years4**: 1986–1987
- **years5**: 1988–1996
- **years6**: 1996–1997
- **years7**: 1997–1998
- **years8**: 1998
- **years9**: 1998–1999
- **years10**: 1999–2000
- **clubs1**: Chester City F.C., Chester City
- **clubs2**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **clubs3**: Juventus F.C., Juventus
- **clubs4**: → Liverpool F.C., Liverpool (loan)
- **clubs5**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **clubs6**: Leeds United F.C., Leeds United
- **clubs7**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **clubs8**: → Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United (loan)
- **clubs9**: Wrexham A.F.C., Wrexham
- **clubs10**: Sydney Olympic FC, Sydney Olympic
- **caps1**: 34
- **goals1**: 14
- **caps2**: 277
- **goals2**: 176
- **caps3**: 29
- **goals3**: 7
- **caps4**: 42
- **goals4**: 30
- **caps5**: 340
- **goals5**: 140
- **caps6**: 36
- **goals6**: 3
- **caps7**: 10
- **goals7**: 0
- **caps8**: 4
- **goals8**: 0
- **caps9**: 17
- **goals9**: 0
- **caps10**: 3
- **goals10**: 1
- **caps11**: 0
- **goals11**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 792
- **totalgoals**: 371
- **nationalyears1**: 1980–1996
- **nationalteam1**: Wales national football team, Wales
- **nationalcaps1**: 73
- **nationalgoals1**: List of international goals scored by Ian Rush, 28
- **manageryears1**: 2004–2005
- **managerclubs1**: Chester City F.C., Chester City