Ian Rush

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Wales
9		Wales	May 21, 1980	73	28	Mike England	18 years 07 months 01 day
	Wales U21
-		Wales U21	Sep 9, 1980	2	1	Tom Walley	18 years 10 months 20 days

Stats of Ian Rush

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			73	28	2	-	3	7	5	-	-	-	224'	6.260'
	International Friendlies	30	10	2	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	251'	2.513'
	European Qualifiers	23	7	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	288'	2.014'
	World Cup qualification	20	11	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	158'	1.733'

International FriendliesEuropean QualifiersWorld Cup qualification

Detailed stats

This overview shows all of a player's call-ups for the national team selected under "Stats". You can use a filter to limit the selection to major competitions (e.g. world cups), individual competitions (e.g. WC 2014) and to specific time periods. Under "Matches", you can also filter by actual number of matches played or by all matches with goals scored. Under the "Detailed" tab, you can view further details such as the venue and club for which the player was playing at the time of the match.

	Matchday	Club	Venue	Date	Home team		Away team		Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
			Glasgow	May 21, 1980		Scotland		Wales	1:0								15'		75'
			Cardiff	May 23, 1980		Wales		N. Ireland	0:1										90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 3		Reykjavík	Jun 2, 1980		Iceland		Wales	0:4	Not in squad
	Group 3		Cardiff	Oct 15, 1980		Wales		Türkiye	4:0	Not in squad
	Group 3		Cardiff	Nov 19, 1980		Wales		ČSR	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Dublin 3	Feb 24, 1981		Ireland		Wales	1:3	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 3		Ankara	Mar 25, 1981		Türkiye		Wales	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Swansea	May 16, 1981		Wales		Scotland	2:0	Not in squad
				May 20, 1981		England		Wales	0:0								65'		25'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 3		Wrexham	May 30, 1981		Wales		USSR	0:0	Not in squad
	Group 3		Praha	Sep 9, 1981		ČSR		Wales	2:0	Not in squad
	Group 3		Swansea	Oct 14, 1981		Wales		Iceland	2:2	CF							67'		23'
	Group 3		Tbilisi	Nov 18, 1981		USSR		Wales	3:0										90'
	International Friendlies
			Valencia	Mar 24, 1982		Spain		Wales	1:1	Not in squad
			Cardiff	Apr 27, 1982		Wales		England	0:1										90'
			Glasgow	May 24, 1982		Scotland		Wales	1:0										90'
			Wrexham	May 27, 1982		Wales		N. Ireland	3:0		1								90'
			Toulouse	Jun 2, 1982		France		Wales	0:1		1								90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 4		Swansea	Sep 22, 1982		Wales		Norway	1:0		1								90'
	Group 4		Podgorica	Dec 15, 1982		Yugoslavia		Wales	4:4		1								90'
	International Friendlies
				Feb 23, 1983		England		Wales	2:1		1								90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 4		Wrexham	Apr 27, 1983		Wales		Bulgaria	1:0					69'				64'	64'
	International Friendlies
			Cardiff	May 28, 1983		Wales		Scotland	0:2	Not in squad
			Belfast	May 31, 1983		N. Ireland		Wales	0:1	Not in squad
			Cardiff	Jun 12, 1983		Wales		Brazil	1:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group 4		Oslo	Sep 21, 1983		Norway		Wales	0:0										90'
	International Friendlies
			Wrexham	Oct 12, 1983		Wales		Romania	5:0		2	1						75'	75'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 4		Sofia	Nov 16, 1983		Bulgaria		Wales	1:0										90'
	Group 4		Cardiff	Dec 14, 1983		Wales		Yugoslavia	1:1										90'
	International Friendlies
			Glasgow	Feb 28, 1984		Scotland		Wales	2:1	CF								64'	64'
			Wrexham	May 2, 1984		Wales		England	1:0	CF									90'
			Swansea	May 22, 1984		Wales		N. Ireland	1:1	CF		1							90'
			Trondheim	Jun 6, 1984		Norway		Wales	1:0	Not in squad
			Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv	Jun 10, 1984		Israel		Wales	0:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 7		Reykjavík	Sep 12, 1984		Iceland		Wales	1:0	Not in squad
	Group 7		Sevilla	Oct 17, 1984		Spain		Wales	3:0	Not in squad
	Group 7		Cardiff	Nov 14, 1984		Wales		Iceland	2:1										90'
	International Friendlies
			Wrexham	Feb 26, 1985		Wales		Norway	1:1		1								90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 7		Glasgow	Mar 27, 1985		Scotland		Wales	0:1		1								90'
	Group 7		Wrexham	Apr 30, 1985		Wales		Spain	3:0		2								90'
	International Friendlies
			Bergen	Jun 5, 1985		Norway		Wales	4:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 7		Cardiff	Sep 10, 1985		Wales		Scotland	1:1										90'
	International Friendlies
			Cardiff	Oct 16, 1985		Wales		Hungary	0:3	Not in squad
			Khobar	Feb 25, 1986		Saudi Arabia		Wales	1:2										90'
			Dublin	Mar 26, 1986		Ireland		Wales	0:1		1								90'
			Wrexham	Apr 21, 1986		Wales		Uruguay	0:0										90'
			Toronto	May 10, 1986		Canada		Wales	2:0	Not in squad
			Vancouver	May 19, 1986		Canada		Wales	0:3	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group 6		Helsinki	Sep 10, 1986		Finland		Wales	1:1										90'
	International Friendlies
			Swansea	Feb 18, 1987		Wales		USSR	0:0										90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 6		Wrexham	Apr 1, 1987		Wales		Finland	4:0		1								90'
	Group 6		Wrexham	Apr 29, 1987		Wales		ČSR	1:1		1								90'
	Group 6		Cardiff	Sep 9, 1987		Wales		Denmark	1:0	Not in squad
	Group 6		København Ø.	Oct 14, 1987		Denmark		Wales	1:0										90'
	Group 6		Prag	Nov 11, 1987		ČSR		Wales	2:0										90'
	International Friendlies
			Swansea	Mar 23, 1988		Wales		Yugoslavia	1:2										90'
			Solna, Stockholm	Apr 27, 1988		Sweden		Wales	4:1										90'
			Attard	Jun 1, 1988		Malta		Wales	2:3		1								90'
			Brescia	Jun 4, 1988		Italy		Wales	0:1		1								90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 4		Amsterdam	Sep 14, 1988		Netherlands		Wales	1:0	CF									90'
	Group 4		Swansea	Oct 19, 1988		Wales		Finland	2:2	CF									90'
	International Friendlies
			Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv	Feb 8, 1989		Israel		Wales	3:3	Not in squad
			Wrexham	Apr 26, 1989		Wales		Sweden	0:2										90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 4		Cardiff	May 31, 1989		Wales		Germany	0:0	CF				66'					90'
	Group 4		Helsinki	Sep 6, 1989		Finland		Wales	1:0	CF				71'					90'
	Group 4		Wrexham	Oct 11, 1989		Wales		Netherlands	1:2	Gelbsperre
	Group 4		Köln	Nov 15, 1989		Germany		Wales	2:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Dublin	Mar 28, 1990		Ireland		Wales	1:0										90'
			Solna, Stockholm	Apr 25, 1990		Sweden		Wales	4:2	Not in squad
			Cardiff	May 20, 1990		Wales		Costa Rica	1:0	Not in squad
			Kopenhagen	Sep 11, 1990		Denmark		Wales	1:0										90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 5		Cardiff	Oct 17, 1990		Wales		Belgium	3:1		1								90'
	Group 5		Luxemburg	Nov 14, 1990		Luxembourg		Wales	0:1		1							83'	83'
	International Friendlies
			Wrexham	Feb 6, 1991		Wales		Ireland	0:3									51'	51'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 5		Anderlecht (Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt)	Mar 27, 1991		Belgium		Wales	1:1										90'
	International Friendlies
			Cardiff	May 1, 1991		Wales		Iceland	1:0	Not in squad
			Warszawa	May 29, 1991		Poland		Wales	0:0										90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 5		Cardiff	Jun 5, 1991		Wales		Germany	1:0	CF	1								90'
	International Friendlies
			Cardiff	Sep 11, 1991		Wales		Brazil	1:0	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group 5		Nürnberg	Oct 16, 1991		Germany		Wales	4:1										90'
	Group 5		Cardiff	Nov 13, 1991		Wales		Luxembourg	1:0										90'
	International Friendlies
			Dublin	Feb 19, 1992		Ireland		Wales	0:1	Not in squad
			Wien	Apr 29, 1992		Austria		Wales	1:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 4		Bucharest	May 20, 1992		Romania		Wales	5:1		1								90'
	International Friendlies
			Utrecht	May 30, 1992		Netherlands		Wales	4:0	Not in squad
			Gifu, Gifu	Jun 3, 1992		Argentina		Wales	1:0	Not in squad
			Matsuyama, Ehime	Jun 7, 1992		Japan		Wales	0:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 4		Cardiff	Sep 9, 1992		Wales		Faroe Islands	6:0		3								90'
	Group 4		Limassol	Oct 14, 1992		Cyprus		Wales	0:1										90'
	Group 4		Anderlecht (Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt)	Nov 18, 1992		Belgium		Wales	2:0										90'
	International Friendlies
			Dublin 3	Feb 17, 1993		Ireland		Wales	2:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 4		Cardiff	Mar 31, 1993		Wales		Belgium	2:0		1								90'
	Group 4		Slezká Ostrava	Apr 28, 1993		ČSR		Wales	1:1										90'
	Group 4		Toftir	Jun 6, 1993		Faroe Islands		Wales	0:3		1								90'
	Group 4		Cardiff	Sep 8, 1993		Wales		ČSR	2:2		1			70'					90'
	Group 4		Cardiff	Oct 13, 1993		Wales		Cyprus	2:0		1								90'
	Group 4		Cardiff	Nov 17, 1993		Wales		Romania	1:2										90'
	International Friendlies
			Cardiff	Mar 9, 1994		Wales		Norway	1:3										90'
			Wrexham	Apr 20, 1994		Wales		Sweden	0:2										90'
			Tallinn	May 23, 1994		Estonia		Wales	1:2		1								90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 7		Cardiff	Sep 7, 1994		Wales		Albania	2:0										90'
	Group 7		Chisinau	Oct 12, 1994		Moldova		Wales	3:2	Not in squad
	Group 7		Tbilisi	Nov 16, 1994		Georgia		Wales	5:0	CF									90'
	Group 7		Cardiff	Dec 14, 1994		Wales		Bulgaria	0:3					67'					90'
	Group 7		Sofia	Mar 29, 1995		Bulgaria		Wales	3:1	Not in squad
	Group 7		Düsseldorf	Apr 26, 1995		Germany		Wales	1:1	CF									90'
	Group 7		Cardiff	Jun 7, 1995		Wales		Georgia	0:1	CF									90'
	Group 7		Cardiff	Sep 6, 1995		Wales		Moldova	1:0									67'	67'
	Group 7		Cardiff	Oct 11, 1995		Wales		Germany	1:2	Not in squad
	Group 7		Tirana	Nov 15, 1995		Albania		Wales	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Terni	Jan 24, 1996		Italy		Wales	3:0	CF								63'	63'
Squad: 73, Starting eleven: 70, Substituted in: 3, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 1, Injured: 0,