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Trivia

  • He was named as Elite Performance Director of the Welsh F.A. on 7-9-2007. []
  • He is 2nd highest FA Cup scorer of all time with 44 goals (39 for Liverpool, 4 for Chester City, 1 for Newcastle United). Only Henry Cursham with 49 goals for Notts County between 1877-1888 scored more. []
  • He is 2nd top goalscorer in league football of all times for Liverpool with 229, behind Roger Hunt who has score 245 goals. []
  • He scored 7 goals in 29 matches with Juventus. []
  • In 1990, in the Ian Rush Cup in Wales, he awarded one of his boots to a boy who was top scorer in the tournament. The boy was Andriy Shevchenko. []
  • He was ranked No.3 of 100 Players Who Shook the Kop. []
  • Since November 2005, Ian Rush has been involved in media work within the game, as an analyst for ESPN and SkySports. []
  • 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 145-game run ended that day as Charlie Nicholas added 2 goals for Arsenal and gave the cup to the Gunners. []
  • Liverpool paid £300,000 to sign him from Chester in 1980, which made him the most expensive teenager in Britain. []
  • He has scored 49 goals in the League Cup which is a record he shares with Sir Geoff Hurst. []
  • He scored 25 goals against Everton which is a Merseyside derby goalscoring record. []
  • His partnership with Kenny Dalglish is regarded as one of the greatest strike partnerships in English and European football. []
  • He made his Liverpool debut on the 13th December 1980 against Ipswich Town. []
  • He made his international debut in May 1980. []
  • He is the record goalscorer for Wales with 28 goals. []
  • He was the first player to get 5 League Cup winners medals. []
  • He is 1.82 m tall. []
  • He is a Liverpool FC legend, with 658 first team games, 67 international caps, 26 international goals, and the most goals ever scored with 346. []
  • His previous clubs include Chester City, Juventus, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Wrexham (as a player and as a coach) and Sydney Olympic (Australia). []
  • He is the record FA Cup goalscorer with 5 goals. []
  • His nickname is 'Bushy Rushy'. []
  • Ian used to play as a striker. []

Quotes

  • Ian Rush: It's best being a striker. If you miss five then score the winner, you're a hero. The goalkeeper can play a blinder, then let one in… and he's a villain. []
  • Ian Rush: And the things that we fear are a weapon to be held against us. []
  • Ian Rush: (Speaking about not settling in Juventus) I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country. []

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