Themis Rigas

Themis Rigas
Personal information
Date of birth 1945
Place of birth Patras, Greece
Date of death 13 January 1984(1984-01-13) (aged 38–39)
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position 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)
1973 New York Apollo
1974 → Toronto Homer (loan)
1974–1976 Panachaiki 58 (9)
1976 Toronto Metros-Croatia 10 (0)
1976–1977 Patrai
1977–1979 Panachaiki 24 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Themis Rigas (Greek: Θέμης Ρήγας; 1945 – 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 Panachaiki football team that impressed Greece in the 1970s and qualified for the 1974 UEFA Cup.