Ian James Rush, MBE, (born 20 October 1961 in St Asaph, Wales) is a Welsh former footballer. Rush played for Liverpool F.C. from 1980-1987 and 1988-1996, and is the club’s all-time leading goalscorer, having scored a total of 346 goals in all competitions during his two spells at the club. Regarded as one of the greatest ever Liverpool players, Rush came 3rd in the “100 Players Who Shook The Kop” – an official Liverpool fan poll.
Rush also had short spells playing at Chester City, Juventus, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield United, Wrexham and Sydney Olympic. He made 73 appearances for the Wales national football team and he remains the record goalscorer for Wales with 28 goals between 1980 and 1996.

Since retiring as a player in 2000, Rush has had a stint as manager of Chester City (2004–05), and has worked as a television football pundit.

Ian now works as Club Ambassador for Liverpool FC. He also works closely with the Welsh FA and the U16 squad.

He was the first player to wear Nike boots in the UK. The Nike Tiempo boot was modelled on his foot! Ian maintains a commercial relationship with the leading sports brand to this day.