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Ian Rush
MBE
Personal information
\n Rush in 2010
Full name	\nIan James Rush^[1]
Date of birth	\n (1961-10-20) 20 October 1961 (age 63)^[2]
Place of birth	\nSt Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales
Height	\n5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)^[3]
Position(s)	\nForward^[4]
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1978\u20131980	\nChester	\n34	\n(14)
1980\u20131986	\nLiverpool	\n182	\n(109)
1986\u20131988	\nJuventus	\n29	\n(7)
1986\u20131987	\n\u2192 Liverpool (loan)	\n42	\n(30)
1988\u20131996	\nLiverpool	\n245	\n(90)
1996\u20131997	\nLeeds United	\n36	\n(3)
1997\u20131998	\nNewcastle United	\n10	\n(0)
1998	\n\u2192 Sheffield United (loan)	\n4	\n(0)
1998\u20131999	\nWrexham	\n17	\n(0)
1999\u20132000	\nSydney Olympic	\n2	\n(1)
Total	\n	\n601	\n(254)
International career
1980\u20131996	\nWales	\n73	\n(28)
Managerial career
2004\u20132005	\nChester City
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian James Rush (born 20 October 1961) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the best strikers of all time and one of the best Welsh players in the history of the sport.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] At club level Rush played for Liverpool from 1980 to 1987 and 1988\u20131996. Additionally, he is the club's all-time leading goalscorer, having scored a total of 346 goals in all competitions at the club. He also holds the records for being the highest goalscorer in the history of the EFL Cup and the finals of the FA Cup. At international level, Rush made 73 appearances for the Wales national football team and remained the record goalscorer with 28 goals between 1980 and 1996, until the record was broken by Gareth Bale in 2018.\n

Regarded as one of Liverpool's greatest ever players,^[9]^[10] Rush came 3rd among Liverpool players in an official Liverpool fan poll, 100 Players Who Shook The Kop.^[11] He also had short spells with Chester (later Chester City), Juventus, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield United, Wrexham and Sydney Olympic. Since retiring as a player in 2000, Rush has had a stint as manager of Chester City (2004\u201305), and has worked as a television football pundit.^[12]\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	League Cup^[b]\n	Continental\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Chester\n	1978\u201379^[93]\n	Third Division\n	1	0	0	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	1	0\n
1979\u201380^[93]\n	Third Division\n	33	14	5	4	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	38	18\n
Total\n	34	14	5	4	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	39	18\n
Liverpool\n	1980\u201381^[93]\n	First Division\n	7	0	0	0	1	0	1^[c]	0	\u2014	9	0\n
1981\u201382^[93]\n	First Division\n	32	17	3	3	10	8	4^[c]	2	\u2014	49	30\n
1982\u201383^[93]\n	First Division\n	34	24	3	2	8	2	5^[c]	2	1^[d]	1	51	31\n
1983\u201384^[93]\n	First Division\n	41	32	2	2	12	8	9^[c]	5	1^[d]	0	65	47\n
1984\u201385^[93]\n	First Division\n	28	14	6	7	1	0	6^[c]	5	3^[e]	0	44	26\n
1985\u201386^[93]\n	First Division\n	40	22	8	6	6	3	\u2014	2^[f]	2	56	33\n
1986\u201387^[93]\n	First Division\n	42	30	3	0	9	4	\u2014	3^[g]	6	57	40\n
Total\n	224	139	25	20	47	25	25	14	10	9	331	207\n
Juventus\n	1987\u201388^[94]\n	Serie A\n	29	7	7	5	\u2014	3^[h]	1	\u2014	39	13\n
Liverpool\n	1988\u201389^[93]\n	First Division\n	24	7	2	3	4	1	\u2014	2^[i]	0	32	11\n
1989\u201390^[93]\n	First Division\n	36	18	8	6	3	2	\u2014	1^[d]	0	48	26\n
1990\u201391^[93]\n	First Division\n	37	16	7	5	3	5	\u2014	1^[d]	0	48	26\n
1991\u201392^[93]\n	First Division\n	18	4^[j]	5	1	3	3	5^[h]	1	\u2014	31	9\n
1992\u201393^[93]\n	Premier League\n	32	14	1	1	4	1	4^[k]	5	1^[d]	1	42	22\n
1993\u201394^[93]\n	Premier League\n	42	14	2	1	5	4	\u2014	\u2014	49	19\n
1994\u201395^[93]\n	Premier League\n	36	12	7	1	7	6	\u2014	\u2014	50	19\n
1995\u201396^[93]\n	Premier League\n	20	5	4	1	2	1	3^[h]	0	\u2014	29	7\n
Total\n	245	90	36	19	31	23	12	6	5	1	329	139\n
Leeds United\n	1996\u201397^[97]\n	Premier League\n	36	3	4	0	2	0	\u2014	\u2014	42	3\n
Newcastle United\n	1997\u201398^[98]\n	Premier League\n	10	0	1	1	2	1	1^[l]	0	\u2014	14	2\n
Sheffield United\n	1997\u201398^[98]\n	First Division\n	4	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	4	0\n
Wrexham\n	1998\u201399^[99]\n	Second Division\n	17	0	4	0	2	0	\u2014	1^[m]	0	24	0\n
Sydney Olympic\n	1999\u20132000^[100]\n	National Soccer League\n	2	1	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	2	1\n
Career total\n	601	254	82	49	84	49	41	21	16	10	825	382\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Wales\n	1980	2	0\n
1981	3	0\n
1982	6	4\n
1983	6	3\n
1984	4	0\n
1985	4	4\n
1986	4	1\n
1987	5	2\n
1988	6	2\n
1989	3	0\n
1990	4	2\n
1991	6	1\n
1992	4	4\n
1993	6	4\n
1994	6	1\n
1995	3	0\n
1996	1	0\n
Total	73	28\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n
P	W	D	L	Win %\n
Chester City\n	29 August 2004\n	4 April 2005\n	42\n	14\n	13\n	15\n	033.33\n
Total\n	42\n	14\n	13\n	15\n	033.33\n

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Club career

Early life and career

Liverpool: 1980\u20131987

Juventus: 1987\u20131988

Liverpool (second spell): 1988\u20131996

Later career: 1996\u20132000

International career

Management and coaching career

Media career and other activities, 2005 to present

In popular culture

Personal life

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Club

International

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Honours

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