International Career
Rush made his Welsh debut before he had been handed his first start for Liverpool, playing his first match on 21 May 1980 against Scotland. Rush played regularly for the Welsh national team scoring a record 28 goals in 73 games, finally ending his international career in 1996.
Unfortunately during his career the team never qualified for a major tournament, although in 1991 he scored the winning goal in a memorable Euro 1992 qualifier against Germany on 5 June 1991. Wales narrowly missed out on qualifying for the finals, as happened during Rush's career for World Cups in 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 and Euro 1984, Euro 1988. This puts him in a group with other football legends such as George Best, George Weah and Jari Litmanen to have never played in a major international tournament.
Another famous international winner by Rush was in a friendly against Italy in Brescia in June 1988. After a largely disappointing year in Italy, Rush helped silence his critics by bagging the only goal as Wales claimed a shock 1–0 win.
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