Ian Rush - Goals in International Matches (original) (raw)

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 K�benhavn 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 K�benhavn 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 N�rnberg 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 D�sseldorf 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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Author: Tomasz Klukowski (templar@poczta.fm) Last updated: 10 Feb 2004