- Themis Rigas
Football player infobox
playername = Themis Rigas
height = 1.68 cm
nickname = The Train
dateofbirth = 1945
cityofbirth =Patras
countryofbirth =Greece
dateofdeath = 1984
clubnumber =
position = Winger
youthyears = 1960–1962
youthclubs =Apollon Smyrnis
years = 1962–1963
1963–1964
1964–1965
1965–1967
1967–1973
1973–1974
1974–1976
1976–1977
1977–1979
clubs =Panachaiki FC Olympiacos Patron Panachaiki FC Thyella Patron Panachaiki FC
Panachaiki FC Patrai Panachaiki FC
caps(goals) = ()
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83 (12)
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58 (9)
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24 (2)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =Themis Rigas ( _el. 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 greatPanachaiki football team that impressedGreece in the seventies and qualified to the 1974 UEFA Cup. [rsssf, [http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec197374.html#uefa] ]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.tatistics
Themis Rigas had 165 First Division appearances for
Panachaiki and scored 23 goals.References
* [http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec197374.html#uefa Rsssf, website about football statistics]
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