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{{short description|Greek footballer}}{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

factoids

| clubs10 = PatraiPanachaiki F.C.>Panachaiki| caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = | caps4 = | caps5 = 83 | caps6 = | caps7 = | caps8 = 58 | caps9 = 10 | caps10 = | caps11 = 24 | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = | goals4 = | goals5 = 12 | goals6 = | goals7 = | goals8 = 9 | goals9 = 0| goals10 = | goals11 = 2 }}Themis Rigas (; 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.rsssf In 1974, he played abroad in the National Soccer League with Toronto Homer.NEWS, 20 May 1974, Eagles, Homer stay unbeaten, tie 1-1 before 10,951 fans, S8, The Globe and Mail, 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

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Notes

• Rsssf, website about football statistics