Themis Rigas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Patras, Greece | ||
| Date of death | 13 January 1984 | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1960–1962 | Apollon Smyrnis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1963 | Panachaiki FC | ||
| 1963–1964 | Olympiacos Patron | ||
| 1964–1965 | Panachaiki FC | ||
| 1965–1967 | Thyella Patron | ||
| 1967–1973 | Panachaiki FC | 83 | (12) |
| 1974 | Toronto Homer | ||
| 1974–1976 | Panachaiki FC | 58 | (9) |
| 1976 | Toronto Metros-Croatia[1] | 10 | (0) |
| 1976–1977 | Patrai | ||
| 1977–1979 | Panachaiki FC | 24 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Themis Rigas (Template:Lang-el; born 1945 - died 13 January 1984), popularly nicknamed The Train, was a 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.[2] In 1974, he played abroad in the National Soccer League with Toronto Homer.[3]
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.
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Categories:
- 1945 births
- 1984 deaths
- Panachaiki F.C. players
- Greek footballers
- Greek expatriate footballers
- Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Expatriate soccer players in Canada
- Greek expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Accidental deaths in Greece
- Association football midfielders
- Canadian National Soccer League players
- Sportspeople from Patras