Ian Rush

Ian Rush
Ian Rush in 2010
Personnel
Surname	Ian James Rush
birthday	October 20, 1961
place of birth	Flint ,  Wales
size	180 cm
position	Storm
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1978-1980	Chester City	34 0(18)
1980-1987	Liverpool FC	224 (139)
1987-1988	Juventus Turin	29 00(7)
1988-1996	Liverpool FC	245 0(90)
1996-1997	Leeds United	36 00(3)
1997-1998	Newcastle United	10 00(0)
1998	→  Sheffield United  (loan)	4 00(0)
1998-1999	Wrexham FC	18 00(0)
1999-2000	Sydney Olympic	2 00(1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1980-1996	Wales	73 0(28)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2004-2005	Chester City
1 Only league games are given.

Ian Rush MBE (born October 20, 1961 in Flint ) is a former Welsh football player and coach.

Career

society

Rush's career began in 1978 at Chester City in the Football League Third Division . In the period that followed, the young attacker established himself as a regular player and goal guarantor for his team. Finally, the top English clubs became aware of the young kicker. In 1980 he moved to Liverpool , where Rush had his greatest success. Rush scored 229 goals in 469 league games for Liverpool and was with the "Reds" in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 and 1990 English champions. This makes him the best goalscorer in the history of Liverpool FC. He also won the FA Cup in 1986, 1989 and 1992, and the European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1981 and 1984 . 1984 was also his most successful year personally, as he was England's footballer of the year and also Europe's top scorer of the year (with 32 goals). In the 1987/88 season he made a detour to Italy to Juventus Turin , where he was not happy. Later in his career, he worked for Leeds United , Newcastle United and Wrexham FC .

In recognition of his achievements and achievements, he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2006. In the same year, over 110,000 Liverpool fans voted for their personal top 100 players for the club (“100 players who shook the head ”). Ian Rush finished third behind Kenny Dalglish and Steven Gerrard and ahead of Robbie Fowler and John Barnes .

National team

Ian Rush with Welsh coach Terry Yorath in September 1988

He also played for the Welsh national team , scoring 28 goals in 73 internationals . He did not take part in a world championship or European championship.

successes

society

• English champions with Liverpool FC: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990
• FA Cup winners with Liverpool FC: 1986, 1989, 1992
• League Cup with Liverpool FC: 1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1994/95
• Charity Shield with Liverpool FC: 1983, 1986, 1990, 1991
• Cup of national champions with Liverpool FC: 1981, 1984

Individually

• PFA Young Player of the Year: 1983
• PFA Player of the Year: 1984
• FWA Player of the Year: 1984
• Golden Shoe : 1984
• First Division Top Scorer: 1984

Trivia

• Rush scored 44 FA Cup goals. Only Henry Cursham , who was active between 1877 and 1888, is better with 49 hits.
• Rush holds the record with five goals in FA Cup finals.
• Together with Geoff Hurst , Rush is the record holder for the most League Cup goals (49).
• With a total of 346 goals for Liverpool, Rush also holds this record. He scored 229 league goals for the Reds , putting him in third place behind Roger Hunt (245 goals) and Gordon Hodgson (233 goals).

Web links

Commons : Ian Rush  - Collection of Images

• Ian Rush in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ian Rush (Trainer Profile) in the database of transfermarkt.de