Themis Rigas

Themis Rigas
Personal information
Date of birth	1945
Place of birth	Patras, Greece
Date of death	1984
Height	1.68 cm
Playing position	Winger
Youth career
1960–1962	Apollon Smyrnis
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1962–1963 1963–1964 1964–1965 1965–1967 1967–1973 1973–1974 1974–1976 1976–1977 1977–1979	Panachaiki FC Olympiacos Patron Panachaiki FC Thyella Patron Panachaiki FC Panachaiki FC Patrai Panachaiki FC	() () () () 83 (12) () 58 (9) () 24 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Themis Rigas (Greek: Θέμης Ρήγας) (born 1945), popularly nicknamed The Train, is a former Greek footballer (winger) born in Patras. One of the fastest and most talented wingers of his generation, he was a member of the great Panachaiki football team that impressed Greece in the seventies and qualified to the 1974 UEFA Cup.[1]

He died in a domestic accident in 1984, at the age of 39, leaving behind him the Panachaiki family without one of its most eminent members.

Statistics

Themis Rigas had 165 First Division appearances for Panachaiki and scored 23 goals.

References

* Rsssf, website about football statistics

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