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Ian Rush

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{{expansion}} {{Football player infobox2 | playername= Ian Rush | fullname = Ian James Rush | nickname = Rushy | dateofbirth = 20 October, 1961 | cityofbirth = Flint, Flintshire Flint | countryofbirth = Wales | height = | currentclub = Retired | position = Forward | years = 1979-1980
1980-1987
1987-1988
1988-1996
1996-1997
1997-1998
1998
1998-1999
1999-2000 | clubs = Chester City
Liverpool F.C. Liverpool FC
Juventus
Liverpool F.C. Liverpool FC
Leeds United
Newcastle United
Sheffield United Loan
Wrexham F.C.
Sydney Olympic | caps(goals) = 31 (14)
224 (139)
29 (8)
245 (90)
36 (3)
10 (0)
4 (0)
17 (0)
2 (1) | nationalyears = 1980-1996 | nationalteam = Wales national football team Wales | nationalcaps(goals) = 73 (28) | pcupdate = 10 Mar 06 | ntupdate = 10 Mar 06 }} '''Ian James Rush''' MBE (born October 20, 1961) was a famous Wales Welsh footballer who played as a striker, most well-known for playing for Liverpool F.C. despite being an Everton F.C. Everton fan. After attending St Richard Gwyn RC High School, Flint, Flintshire Flint, Rush began his career at Chester City F.C. Chester City and later joined Liverpool in 1980. Rush scored a record 44 FA Cup goals (39 for Liverpool). 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 F.A Cup final to complete the double. In the summer of 1987, he was transferred to the Italian giants, Juventus 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 F.A Cup triumph and was a league championship winner the following year. In 1992 he picked up an F.A 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 F.A Cup final, which Liverpool lost 1-0 to Manchester United. Rush then spent a season with Leeds United, 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 Newcastle United 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 Sheffield United 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 Football League Two team Chester City F.C. 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 Total Network Solutions F.C. TNS, after the Welsh side were drawn against Liverpool for their opening round UEFA Champions League 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. 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 Welsh national football team 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. Though in 1991 he scored the winning goal in an European Championship Euro 92 qualifier against German national football team West Germany.

Trivia
*Ian Rush was mentioned in a famous United Kingdom British milk television commercial. The advert featured two boys with strong Scouse accents in Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club shirts talking about milk. The advert famously refers to Accrington Stanley F.C. Accrington Stanley. *He once famously described his stay in the north of Italy as like being "in a foreign country".

Statistics
{|border=1 align=center cellpadding=4 cellspacing=2 style="background: ivory; font-size: 95%; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; clear:center" |+ ''' Club Performance''' |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|National Soccer League (Australia) National League !colspan="2"|Australian Cup !colspan="2"|--------- !colspan="2"|--------- !colspan="2"|Others !colspan="2"|Total |- !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals |- |rowspan="1" valign=top|Sydney Olympic FC |1999-00 |2||1||?||?||?||?||?||?||?||?||2||1 |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|The Football League League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Others !colspan="2"|Total |- !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals |- |rowspan="1" valign=top|Wrexham A.F.C. Wrexham |1998-99 |17||0||4||0||2||0||0||0||1||0||24||0 |- |rowspan="1" valign=top|Sheffield United Loan |1997-98 |4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0 |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|FA Premier League Premiership !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Others !colspan="2"|Total |- !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals |- |rowspan="1" valign=top|Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United |1997-98 |10||0||1||1||2||1||1||0||0||0||14||2 |- |rowspan="1" valign=top|Leeds United F.C. Leeds United |1996-97 |36||3||5||0||2||0||0||0||0||0||43||3 |- |rowspan="4" valign=top|Liverpool F.C. Liverpool |1995-96 |20||5||4||1||2||1||3||0||0||0||29||7 |- |1994-95 |36||12||7||1||7||6||0||0||0||0||50||19 |- |1993-94 |42||14||2||1||5||4||0||0||0||0||49||19 |- |1992-93 |32||14||1||1||4||1||4||5||1||1||42||22 |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|The Football League League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Others !colspan="2"|Total |- !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals |- |rowspan="4" valign=top|Liverpool F.C. Liverpool |1991-92 |18||4||5||1||3||3||5||1||0||0||31||9 |- |1990-91 |37||16||7||5||3||5||-||-||1||0||48||26 |- |1989-90 |36||18||8||6||3||2||-||-||1||0||48||26 |- |1988-89 |24||7||2||3||4||1||-||-||2||0||32||11 |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|Serie A !colspan="2"|Coppa Italia !colspan="2"|--------- !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Others !colspan="2"|Total |- !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals |- |rowspan="1" valign=top|Juventus |1987-88 |29||8||7||5||-||-||3||1||0||0||39||14 |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|The Football League League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Others !colspan="2"|Total |- !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals !App !Goals |- |rowspan="7" valign=top|Liverpool F.C. Liverpool |1986-87 |42||30||3||0||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||0||7||5||2||0||44||26 |- |1983-84 |41||32||2||2||12||8||9||5||1||0||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||0||0||49||30 |- |1980-81 |7||0||0||0||1||0||1||0||0||0||9||0 |- |rowspan="2" valign=top|Chester City |1979-80 |33||14||5||3||0||0||0||0||0||0||38||17 |- |1978-79 |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- ! align=left style="background:beige"|Total ! align=left style="background:beige" colspan="1" | ! align=left style="background:beige"| 601 ! align=left style="background:beige"| 255 ! align=left style="background:beige"| 83 ! align=left style="background:beige"| 48 ! align=left style="background:beige"| 84 ! align=left style="background:beige"| 49 ! align=left style="background:beige"| 42 ! align=left style="background:beige"| 21 ! align=left style="background:beige"| 15 ! align=left style="background:beige"| 10 ! align=left style="background:beige"| 825 ! align=left style="background:beige"| 383 |- |}

Career Honours

Liverpool F.C.
'''Winner''' * 1980/81 League Cup * 1981/82 League Cup * 1981/82 Football League First Division League Championship (Level 1) * 1982/83 Charity Shield * 1982/83 League Cup * 1982/83 Football League First Division League Championship (Level 1) * 1983/84 League Cup * 1983/84 Football League First Division League Championship (Level 1) * 1983/84 UEFA Champions League European Cup * 1985/86 Charity Shield Shared * 1985/86 FA Cup * 1985/86 Football League First Division League Championship (Level 1) * 1988/89 FA Cup * 1989/90 Charity Shield * 1989/90 Football League First Division 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 and FIFA Club World Championship statistics Intercontinental Cup * 1984/85 European Super Cup * 1984/85 Football League First Division League Championship (Level 1) * 1984/85 UEFA Champions League European Cup * 1986/87 League Cup * 1986/87 Football League First Division League Championship (Level 1) * 1988/89 Football League First Division League Championship (Level 1) * 1990/91 Football League First Division 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 {{start box}} {{succession box|title=FWA Footballer of the Year Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year|before=Kenny Dalglish |after=Neville Southall|years=1984}} {{succession box|title=PFA Players' Player of the Year.html">Kenny Dalglish after=Peter Reid|years=1984}} {{succession box|title=PFA Young Player of the Year.html">Steve Moran after=Paul Walsh|years=1983}} {{end box}} Category:1961 births Rush, Ian Category:Living people Rush, Ian Category:Welsh footballers Rush, Ian Category:Chester City F.C. players Rush, Ian Category:Liverpool F.C. players Rush, Ian Category:Juventus F.C. players Rush, Ian Category:Leeds United F.C. players Rush, Ian Category:Newcastle United F.C. players Rush, Ian Category:Sheffield United F.C. players Rush, Ian Category:Wrexham A.F.C. players Rush, Ian Category:Welsh football managers Rush, Ian Category:Chester City F.C. managers Rush, Ian Category:English Premiership players Rush, Ian cy:Ian Rush de:Ian Rush fr:Ian Rush it:Ian James Rush he:×?×™×?×Ÿ ×¨×?×© ja:ã‚¤ã‚¢ãƒ³ãƒ»ãƒ©ãƒƒã‚·ãƒ¥ no:Ian Rush sv:Ian Rush

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