Ian Rush - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Welsh player scored 28 international goals in 73 matches for his National Team, which is the record number of goals scored by an individual player for Wales. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:   20/10/1961  
Country:  Wales  
Caps:   73      (W26-D19-L28 - GF81-GA85 - %48.63)  
Goals:  28      (% 0.38 per match)  
Age First Cap:   18 yr 213 d    21/ 5/1980 vs. Scotland 0-1  
Age Last Cap:    34 yr  95 d    24/ 1/1996 vs. Italy 0-3  
National Team Career: 15 yr 248 d    

 
Cap     Goals   Date    Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition  
 1            21/ 5/80  Glasgow         Scotland        0-1     British Champ.  
 2            23/ 5/80  Cardiff         N. Ireland      0-1     British Champ.  
 3            20/ 5/81  London          England         0-0     British Champ.  
 4            14/10/81  Swansea         Iceland         2-2     World Cup Qualifier  
 5            18/11/81  Tbilisi         Soviet Union    0-3     World Cup Qualifier  
 6            27/ 4/82  Cardiff         England         0-1     British Champ.  
 7            24/ 5/82  Glasgow         Scotland        0-1     British Champ.  
 8   1   1    27/ 5/82  Wrexham         N. Ireland      3-0     British Champ.  
 9   1   2     2/ 6/82  Toulouse        France          1-0  
10   1   3    22/ 9/82  Swansea         Norway          1-0     European Champ. Qual.  
11   1   4    15/12/82  Titograd        Yugoslavia      4-4     European Champ. Qual.  
12   1   5    23/ 2/83  London          England         1-2     British Champ.  
13       5    27/ 4/83  Wrexham         Bulgaria        1-0     European Champ. Qual.  
14       5    21/ 9/83  Oslo            Norway          0-0     European Champ. Qual.  
15   2   7    12/10/83  Wrexham         Romania         5-0  
16       7    16/11/83  Sofia           Bulgaria        0-1     European Champ. Qual.  
17       7    14/12/83  Cardiff         Yugoslavia      1-1     European Champ. Qual.  
18       7    28/ 2/84  Glasgow         Scotland        1-2     British Champ.  
19       7     2/ 5/84  Wrexham         England         1-0     British Champ.  
20       7    22/ 5/84  Swansea         N. Ireland      1-1     British Champ.  
21       7    14/11/84  Cardiff         Iceland         2-1     World Cup Qualifier  
22   1   8    26/ 2/85  Wrexham         Norway          1-1  
23   1   9    27/ 3/85  Glasgow         Scotland        1-0     World Cup Qualifier  
24   2  11    30/ 4/85  Wrexham         Spain           3-0     World Cup Qualifier  
25      11    10/ 9/85  Cardiff         Scotland        1-1     World Cup Qualifier  
26      11    25/ 2/86  Dhahran         Saudi Arabia    2-1  
27   1  12    26/ 3/86  Dublin          Rep. of Ireland 1-0  
28      12    21/ 4/86  Wrexham         Uruguay         0-0  
29      12    10/ 9/86  Helsinki        Finland         1-1     European Champ. Qual.  
30      12    18/ 2/87  Swansea         Soviet Union    0-0  
31   1  13     1/ 4/87  Wrexham         Finland         4-0     European Champ. Qual.  
32   1  14    29/ 4/87  Wrexham         Czechoslovakia  1-1     European Champ. Qual.  
33      14    14/10/87  København       Denmark         0-1     European Champ. Qual.  
34      14    11/11/87  Praha           Czechoslovakia  0-2     European Champ. Qual.  
35      14    23/ 3/88  Swansea         Yugoslavia      1-2   
36      14    27/ 4/88  Solna           Sweden          1-4  
37   1  15     1/ 6/88  La Valletta     Malta           3-2  
38   1  16     4/ 6/88  Brescia         Italy           1-0  
39      16    14/ 9/88  Amsterdam       Netherlands     0-1     World Cup Qualifier  
40      16    19/10/88  Swansea         Finland         2-2     World Cup Qualifier  
41      16    26/ 4/89  Wrexham         Sweden          0-2  
42      16    31/ 5/89  Cardiff         West Germany    0-0     World Cup Qualifier  
43      16     6/ 9/89  Helsinki        Finland         0-1     World Cup Qualifier  
44      16    28/ 3/90  Dublin          Rep. of Ireland 0-1  
45      16    11/ 9/90  København       Denmark         0-1  
46   1  17    17/10/90  Cardiff         Belgium         3-1     European Champ. Qual.  
47   1  18    14/11/90  Luxembourg      Luxembourg      1-0     European Champ. Qual.  
48      18     6/ 2/91  Wrexham         Rep. of Ireland 0-3  
49      18    27/ 3/91  Brussel         Belgium         1-1     Europeam Champ. Qual.  
50      18    30/ 5/91  Radom           Poland          0-0  
51   1  19     5/ 6/91  Cardiff         Germany         1-0     European Champ. Qual.  
52      19    16/10/91  Nürnberg        Germany         1-4     European Champ. Qual.  
53      19    13/11/91  Cardiff         Luxembourg      1-0     European Champ. Qual.  
54   1  20    20/ 5/92  Bucuresti       Romania         1-5     World Cup Qualifier  
55   3  23     9/ 9/92  Cardiff         Faroe Islands   6-0     World Cup Qualifier  
56      23    14/10/92  Limassol        Cyprus          1-0     World Cup Qualifier  
57      23    18/11/92  Brussel         Belgium         0-2     World Cup Qualifier  
58   1  24    31/ 3/93  Cardiff         Belgium         2-0     World Cup Qualifier  
59      24    28/ 4/93  Ostrava         Czechoslovakia  1-1     World Cup Qualifier  
60   1  25     6/ 6/93  Toftir          Faroe Islands   3-0     World Cup Qualifier  
61   1  26     8/ 9/93  Cardiff         Czechoslovakia  2-2     World Cup Qualifier  
62   1  27    13/10/93  Cardiff         Cyprus          2-0     World Cup Qualifier  
63      27    17/11/93  Cardiff         Romania         1-2     World Cup Qualifier  
64      27     9/ 3/94  Cardiff         Norway          1-3  
65      27    20/ 4/94  Wrexham         Sweden          0-2  
66   1  28    23/ 5/94  Tallinn         Estonia         2-1  
67      28     7/ 9/94  Cardiff         Albania         2-0     European Champ. Qual.  
68      28    16/11/94  Tbilisi         Georgia         0-5     European Champ. Qual.  
69      28    14/12/94  Cardiff         Bulgaria        0-3     European Champ. Qual.  
70      28    26/ 4/95  Düsseldorf      Germany         1-1     European Champ. Qual.  
71      28     7/ 6/95  Cardiff         Georgia         1-0     European Champ. Qual.  
72      28     6/ 9/95  Cardiff         Moldavia        1-0     European Champ. Qual.  
73      28    24/ 1/96  Terni           Italy           0-3  
 
Total Record  
 
Matches Won   Draw   Lost       For-Against  Points  Percentage   
 73     26     19     28         81- 85       71        48.63  
 
28 Goals in 73 Matches (% 0.38 per match)  
 
Types of Goals  
Friendlies              8  
British Championship    2  
World Cup Qualifier    11  
European Champ. Qual.   7  
 
Total goals:           28  


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