Themis Rigas

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 Athens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1963 Panachaiki
1963–1964 Olympiakos Patras
1964–1965 Panachaiki
1965–1967 Thyella Patras
1967–1973 Panachaiki 83 (12)
1974 → Toronto Homer (loan)
1974–1976 Panachaiki 58 (9)
1976 Toronto Metros-Croatia[1] 10 (0)
1976–1977 Patrai
1977–1979 Panachaiki 24 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Themis Rigas (Greek: Θέμης Ρήγας; born 1945 - died 13 January 1984), popularly nicknamed The Train, was a Greek footballer 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

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

References

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  1. ^ "NASL-Themis Rigas".
  2. ^ rsssf
  3. ^ "Eagles, Homer stay unbeaten, tie 1-1 before 10,951 fans". The Globe and Mail. 20 May 1974. p. S8.

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