Sean Rigg

{{for|the British musician who died in police custody|Death of Sean Rigg}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sean Rigg

| image = Sean Rigg.JPG

| image_size = 175

| caption = Rigg playing for Port Vale in 2010

| fullname = Sean Michael Rigg{{Hugman|25109|accessdate=9 March 2017}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|1|df=y}}{{cite web |title=Football (Sky Sports) |url=http://www.skysports.com/football/player/4462/sean-rigg |website=SkySports |accessdate=14 October 2017 |language=en}}

| birth_place = Wotton-under-Edge, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}{{cite web |url=http://www.port-vale.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10381~37015,00.html |title=Name: Sean Rigg |work=port-vale.co.uk |accessdate=13 September 2011}}

| position = Winger; striker

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 2003–2004| youthclubs1 = Forest Green Rovers

| youthyears2 = 2004–2006| youthclubs2 = Bristol Academy of Sport

| years1 = 2006–2010| clubs1 = Bristol Rovers | caps1 = 57 | goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2008 | clubs2 = → Grays Athletic (loan) | caps2 = 6 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2009 | clubs3 = → Forest Green Rovers (loan)| caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 6

| years4 = 2009–2010| clubs4 = → Port Vale (loan) | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2010 | clubs5 = → Port Vale (loan) | caps5 = 22 | goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2010–2012| clubs6 = Port Vale | caps6 = 67 | goals6 = 13

| years7 = 2012–2014| clubs7 = Oxford United | caps7 = 72 | goals7 = 7

| years8 = 2014–2016| clubs8 = AFC Wimbledon | caps8 = 85 | goals8 = 7

| years9 = 2016–2018| clubs9 = Newport County | caps9 = 50 | goals9 = 6

| years10 = 2018–2019| clubs10= Bath City | caps10= 34 | goals10= 8

| totalcaps = 408| totalgoals = 52

}}

Sean Michael Rigg (born 1 October 1988) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger or forward. In a 13-year career in the English Football League and National League, he scored 57 goals in 477 league and cup appearances.

Having graduated through the Bristol Academy of Sport, his professional career began at Bristol Rovers in 2006. He recovered from a broken jaw sustained in November 2006 to become a first-team regular in 2006–07, also appearing in the club's play-off final victory. He retained his place in the club's subsequent 2007–08 League One campaign, though he lost his place in 2008–09, and was instead sent out on loan at Conference club Grays Athletic. He started the 2009–10 season on loan at Conference side Forest Green Rovers before he joined Port Vale on a loan deal that was made permanent in January 2010. He switched to Oxford United in May 2012, where he stayed for two seasons. He signed with AFC Wimbledon in May 2014, but was released a day after he was an unused substitute in the club's League Two play-off final victory in May 2016. He joined Newport County in June 2016 and stayed with the club for one and a half seasons. He joined a part-time club Bath City in February 2018 to pursue a new career as a tattoo artist and retired from football completely in May 2019.

Career

=Bristol Rovers=

Rigg joined the Bristol Rovers-backed Bristol Academy of Sport at Filton College in 2004 and earned his first professional contract in the summer of 2006.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/5030682.stm |title=Quintet set for Pirates pro deals |date=30 May 2006 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=25 November 2009}} He made his league debut on 19 August 2006, coming on as a substitute in the second half against Milton Keynes Dons. The next month, he signed a new deal to keep him at Rovers until summer 2008.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/5410336.stm |title=Rigg signs new deal with Rovers |date=5 October 2006 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=25 November 2009}}

On 11 November 2006, he suffered a double fracture of the jaw after being punched in an FA Cup first-round match by Barrow defender James Cotterill.{{cite news |title=Player charged over pitch clash |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/6167004.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=20 November 2006 |accessdate=24 November 2006}} The match and incident were televised.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/6141196.stm |title=Barrow launch probe into 'punch' |date=13 November 2006 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=25 November 2009}} Rigg had to drink through a straw and eat with a teaspoon following the attack. Cotterill was later jailed for four months for the assault,{{cite news |title=FA Cup assault footballer jailed |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6252157.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=11 January 2007 |accessdate=11 January 2007}} and suspended from football by The FA,{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6191513.stm |title=Player suspended for FA Cup punch |date=18 December 2006 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=25 November 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6159762.stm |title=Footballer suspended over punch |date=17 November 2006 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=25 November 2009}} having pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6159443.stm |title=Player admits cup game GBH charge |date=30 November 2006 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=25 November 2009}} Rigg managed to recover to match fitness within six weeks,{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/6217125.stm |title=Trollope hopeful on Rigg return |date=29 December 2006 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=25 November 2009}} having had a plate put in to help speed up the healing process.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/6153572.stm |title=Rigg 'back playing by Christmas' |date=16 November 2006 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=25 November 2009}}

{{Blockquote|"I didn't aggravate Cotterill in any way for him to react like that. But it happened and he broke my jaw in two places."|Rigg was shocked by the assault.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/portvale/Port-Vale-Rigg-puts-horror-assault-rebuild-career-Vale/article-1557825-detail/article.html |title=Port Vale: Rigg puts horror assault behind him to rebuild career with Vale |date=27 November 2009 |work=The Sentinel |accessdate=27 November 2009}}}}

By January, he returned to the first team and helped Rovers to a play-off place. He then scored against Lincoln City in a 7–4 aggregate win at the play-off semi-final, and made an appearance as a substitute against Shrewsbury Town in the final; the game was won 3–1, and Rovers were promoted into League One.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/6686951.stm |title=Bristol Rovers 3–1 Shrewsbury |first=Chris |last=Bevan |publisher=BBC Sport |date=26 May 2007 |accessdate=24 December 2018}} Rigg was named Bristol Rovers Young Player of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://www.jeffdavis.co.uk/gallery.asp?ID=1385|title=Player of the year awards|work=Jeff Davis Photographic Ltd|access-date=27 May 2007}} A regular in the 2007–08 season, he scored his first senior goal in a 1–1 home draw with Northampton Town on 12 March,{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/7293859.stm |title=Rigg happy to get on scoresheet |date=13 March 2008 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=25 November 2009}} and finished the campaign with 38 appearances to his name.

Rigg joined Conference National side Grays Athletic on a one-month loan in September 2008.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/grays_athletic/7625812.stm |title=Grays bring in trio on loan deals |date=19 September 2008 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=25 November 2009}} He played six games at the New Recreation Ground. At the end of the season Paul Trollope placed Rigg on the transfer list,{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/8038766.stm |title=Trollope places trio up for sale |date=7 May 2009 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=25 November 2009}} having used Rigg only ten times in 2008–09.

In August 2009, Rigg signed for Forest Green Rovers, a club where he had spent some time as a youth player, on a one-month loan.{{cite web |url=http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/sport/4696302.Football__Rigg_aims_to_continue_form_at_Forest_Green/ |title=Interview: Sean Rigg on his loan spell at Forest Green and his Bristol Rovers future |last=Iles |first=Rob |date=22 October 2009 |work=Gazette |accessdate=12 September 2011}} He scored six minutes into his debut for Forest Green against Rushden & Diamonds.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8208162.stm |title=Rushden & D 4–2 Forest Green |date=22 August 2009 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=25 November 2009}} The loan was extended for a further month and Rigg enjoyed a rich vein of scoring form,{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/forest_green_rovers/8270700.stm |title=Forest Green extend Rigg's loan |date=23 September 2009 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=25 November 2009}} scoring seven goals in nineteen games.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/8377049.stm |title=Vale snap up Pirates forward Rigg |date=24 November 2009 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=24 November 2009}}

=Port Vale=

In November 2009, he signed on loan to Port Vale until January 2010,{{cite news |title=Rigg Signs for Vale |url=http://www.port-vale.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10381~1884469,00.html |publisher=Port Vale F.C. |date=24 November 2009 |accessdate=24 November 2009}} joining "Pirates" teammate Lewis Haldane.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/portvale/Port-Vale-signed-Sean-Rigg-Bristol-Rovers/article-1538943-detail/article.html |title=Vale sign Rigg from Rovers |date=24 November 2009 |work=The Sentinel |accessdate=24 November 2009}} His opener at Grimsby Town gave manager Micky Adams food for thought over whether to sign Rigg permanently in the January 2010 transfer window.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/8433543.stm |title=Adams undecided on Rigg loan deal |date=29 December 2009 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=29 December 2009}} He returned to Rovers in January, though later in the month he returned to Vale Park on loan until the end of the season,{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/8456798.stm |title=Port Vale extend Sean Rigg loan from Bristol Rovers |date=13 January 2010 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=13 January 2010}} where he and Marc Richards began to develop a lethal strike partnership.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/portvale/Port-Vale-Richards-sees-mileage-partnership/article-1731535-detail/article.html |title=Port Vale: Richards sees mileage in partnership |date=21 January 2010 |work=The Sentinel |accessdate=21 January 2010}} In all he scored three goals in 26 appearances for the club. Attempting to keep the "nucleus" of his side together, Adams offered Rigg a permanent two-year deal at Vale Park at the end of the season.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Rebuilding-programme-begins-Rigg-offer/article-2135635-detail/article.html |title=Port Vale: Rebuilding programme begins with Rigg offer |last=Shaw |first=Steve |date=10 May 2010 |accessdate=10 May 2010}}

{{Blockquote|"I like playing up the middle, but I also like to come deep to get the ball and try to create things."|A self-assessment from Sean Rigg.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/portvale/Port-Vale-Adams-attack-Vale-slip/article-1540405-detail/article.html#StartComments |title=Port Vale: Adams on the attack as Vale slip again |last=Shaw |first=Steve |date=25 November 2009 |work=The Sentinel |accessdate=25 November 2009}}}}

Along with fourteen other players, he was released by Rovers at the end of the 2009–10 season.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/8682314.stm |title=Defender Aaron Lescott goes in Bristol Rovers clear-out |date=14 May 2010 |accessdate=15 May 2010 |publisher=BBC Sport}} He was offered a full contract at Port Vale,{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/8677302.stm |title=Goalkeeper Joe Anyon released by Port Vale |date=12 May 2010 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=12 May 2010}} and became the seventh player to commit his future to Port Vale in May 2010, his contract expiring in the summer of 2012.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/8708486.stm |title=Striker Sean Rigg signs two-year contract at Port Vale |date=27 May 2010 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=27 May 2010}} For the 2010–11 season he set himself a target of 20 goals.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/8728070.stm |title=Port Vale striker Sean Rigg aims for 20-goal haul |date=8 June 2010 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=8 June 2010}} However, Adams started using the young striker as a winger, and Rigg adapted well to the position.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Port-Vale-Rigg-happy-wide-role/article-2539994-detail/article.html |title=Port Vale: Sean Rigg happy with wide role at Valiants |date=18 August 2010 |work=The Sentinel |accessdate=18 August 2010}} He ended the season with five goals in 33 appearances, falling short of his pre-season target of twenty goals.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/8728070.stm |title=Port Vale striker Sean Rigg aims for 20-goal haul |accessdate=30 May 2011 |date=8 June 2010 |work=BBC Sport}}

He started 2011–12 in fine form, bagging two against Barnet at Underhill, the first of which, a long-range effort, he described as the best of his career.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14527694.stm |title=Sean Rigg impressed with new Port Vale formation |date=15 August 2011 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=15 August 2011}} However, he lost his first-team spot after missing a month due to a hamstring injury.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Port-Vale-Red-hot-Rigg-ready-Vale-return/story-13544554-detail/story.html |title=Port Vale: Red-hot Rigg ready for Vale return |date=13 October 2011 |work=The Sentinel |accessdate=13 October 2011}} He made his return in October, and added his fifth of the season at former club Bristol Rovers.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15461699.stm |title=Goalscorer Sean Rigg 'showed respect' to Bristol Rovers |date=26 October 2011 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=26 October 2011}} Despite remaining Vale's second-highest scorer, he did not start a game in the last six weeks of 2011 and had to make do with seven substitute appearances;{{cite news |title=Sean Rigg could be helped by lack of Port Vale signings |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16408998.stm |accessdate=4 January 2012 |newspaper=BBC Sport |date=4 January 2012}} though he did add a further two goals to his tally from the bench, before admitting that the club's lack of activity during the January transfer window would give him a chance to win back his first-team place.{{cite news |title=Port Vale: Micky's transfer setback a boost for goal hero Rigg |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Port-Vale-Micky-s-transfer-setback-boost-goal/story-14321618-detail/story.html |accessdate=4 January 2012 |newspaper=The Sentinel |date=4 January 2012}} The club entered administration in March, but Rigg rejected a move up a division to Exeter City as almost all of his teammates stayed loyal to the struggling Burslem club. He finished the season with ten goals in 45 appearances.

=Oxford United=

In May 2012, he signed a two-year contract with Oxford United, who had just missed out on a place in the League Two play-offs; manager Chris Wilder admitted that "Sean is a player we have been watching for a while now".{{cite news |title=Oxford United sign Port Vale forward Sean Rigg |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18160426 |accessdate=22 May 2012 |newspaper=BBC Sport |date=22 May 2012}} In moving to the Kassam Stadium he received a pay rise, as well as a "fresh start".{{cite news |title=Money talks as Sean Rigg quits for Oxford United |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Port-Vale-Money-talks-Sean-Rigg-quits-Oxford/story-16162608-detail/story.html |accessdate=23 May 2012 |newspaper=The Sentinel |date=23 May 2012}} He stated he was hopeful of winning promotion in his first season at the club.{{cite news |title=Sean Rigg backs Oxford United to bounce back |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18160428 |accessdate=24 May 2012 |newspaper=BBC Sport |date=23 May 2012}} He was nominated for the League Two Player of the Month award in December 2012.{{cite news |title=Duo Nominated for nPower Awards |url=http://www.oufc.co.uk/news/article/0080113-nominations-585722.aspx |accessdate=8 January 2013 |newspaper=oufc.co.uk |date=8 January 2013}} Rigg ended the 2012–13 campaign with seven goals in his 53 appearances. He made 32 appearances for the "Yellows" in the 2013–14 season, scoring two goals, before being released in the summer by manager Gary Waddock.{{cite news |title=Oxford United: James Constable offered new deal |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27326075 |accessdate=20 May 2014 |newspaper=BBC Sport |date=8 May 2014}}

=AFC Wimbledon=

In May 2014, he signed for Neal Ardley's League Two side AFC Wimbledon.{{cite news |title=Sean Rigg: AFC Wimbledon sign Oxford United winger |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27527219 |accessdate=22 May 2014 |newspaper=BBC Sport |date=22 May 2014}} He marked his debut for the "Dons" with a goal in a 2–2 draw with Shrewsbury Town at Kingsmeadow on 9 August.{{cite news |title=Wimbledon 2–2 Shrewsbury |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28646853 |accessdate=9 August 2014 |work=BBC Sport |date=9 August 2014}} He scored seven goals in 52 appearances in the 2014–15 season, but said the team under-achieved by finishing in mid-table.{{cite news |last1=Raitanen |first1=Jens |title=AFC Wimbledon: Winger knows Dons have under-achieved despite historic high |url=http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/sport/12936303.AFC_Wimbledon__Winger_knows_Dons_have_under_achieved_despite_historic_high/ |accessdate=8 May 2015 |work=Wandsworth Guardian |date=7 May 2015}} He made 44 appearances in the 2015–16 season, and was an unused substitute in the play-off final victory over Plymouth Argyle at Wembley Stadium that won Wimbledon promotion into League One.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36355814 |title=AFC Wimbledon 2–0 Plymouth Argyle |first=Brent |last=Pilnick |publisher=BBC Sport |date=30 May 2016 |accessdate=24 December 2018}} He was released from the club the day after promotion was secured.{{cite news |title=AFC Wimbledon: Dons sign loan defender Darius Charles from Burton and retain trio |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36418874 |accessdate=31 May 2016 |work=BBC Sport |date=31 May 2016}}

=Newport County=

Rigg joined League Two club Newport County on a two-year contract in June 2016.{{cite news |title=Newport County sign winger Jack Compton and striker Sean Rigg |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36579859 |accessdate=20 June 2016 |work=BBC Sport |date=20 June 2016}} He made his debut for the "Exiles" on 6 August, in a 3–2 defeat to Mansfield Town at Rodney Parade on the opening day of the 2016–17 season.{{cite news |title=Newport County 2–3 Mansfield Town |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36930360 |accessdate=28 August 2016 |work=BBC Sport |date=6 August 2016}} He scored his first goal for Newport with a header two weeks later, to secure a 1–1 draw with Crewe Alexandra.{{cite news |title=Newport County 1–1 Crewe Alexandra |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37067669 |accessdate=28 August 2016 |work=BBC Sport |date=20 August 2016}} He missed three weeks in January with a hamstring injury.{{cite news |last1=Penman |first1=Andrew |title=Sean Rigg returns for Newport County |url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/15051009.Sean_Rigg_returns_for_Newport_County/ |accessdate=14 May 2017 |work=South Wales Argus |date=26 January 2017 |language=en}} Newport were 11 points from safety in last place in the table when manager Graham Westley was sacked in March. Still, Rigg said the players were now playing with "no pressure".{{cite news |last1=Penmsn |first1=Andrew |title=We've been written off – there's no pressure on us, says Exiles star |url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/football/latest/15177137.We_ve_been_written_off___there_s_no_pressure_on_us__says_Exiles_star/?commentSort=score |accessdate=14 May 2017 |work=South Wales Argus |date=24 March 2017 |language=en}} Caretaker manager Michael Flynn steered the club out of the relegation zone on the last day of the season.{{cite news |last1=Curtis |first1=Leigh |title=Notts County concede last minute winner as Newport stay up |url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/notts-county-concede-last-minute-winner-as-newport-county-avoid-relegation-from-the-football-league/story-30316602-detail/story.html |accessdate=14 May 2017 |work=Nottingham Post |date=6 May 2017 |language=en}} Rigg lost his first-team place in October of the 2017–18 season. He failed to make it onto the bench after Christmas after Flynn criticised his fitness levels and consistency.{{cite news |last1=Penman |first1=Andrew |title=Sean Rigg released by Newport County |url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/15921039.Sean_Rigg_released_by_Newport_County/ |accessdate=5 February 2018 |work=South Wales Argus |date=5 February 2018 |language=en}} On 5 February 2018, Rigg left Newport after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.{{cite web |url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/football/newportcounty/15921039.Sean_Rigg_released_by_Newport_County/ |title=Former AFC Wimbledon man has his contract cancelled by mutual consent |publisher=South Wales Argus |author=Andrew Penman |date=5 February 2018 |accessdate=5 February 2018}}

=Bath City=

On 6 February 2018, Rigg signed an 18-month contract with National League South part-time club Bath City, which would allow him the chance to work as a tattoo artist.{{cite news |last1=Penman |first1=Andrew |title=Sean Rigg set for career as a tattoo artist after leaving Newport County |url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/football/latest/15922774.Sean_Rigg_set_for_career_as_a_tattoo_artist_after_leaving_Newport_County/ |accessdate=7 February 2018 |work=South Wales Argus |date=6 February 2018 |language=en}} He scored two goals in seven appearances in the second half of the 2017–18 campaign, helping Jerry Gill's "Romans" to a ninth-place finish. He scored six goals in 27 games in the 2018–19 season as Bath finished in the play-offs, but lost to Wealdstone at the quarter-final stage.{{cite news |last1=Burridge |first1=Henry |title=Ten-man Bath City go down fighting in Wealdstone play-off loss |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/bath-city-wealdstone-match-report-2821659 |accessdate=22 May 2019 |work=somersetlive |date=1 May 2019}} Rigg announced his retirement from the game in May 2019.{{cite news |last1=Burridge |first1=Henry |title=Robins swoop to sign Bath City defender Cundy |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/robbie-cundy-bath-city-bristol-2873274 |accessdate=22 May 2019 |work=somersetlive |date=15 May 2019}}

Style of play

He preferred to play as a striker, though was also comfortable as a winger.{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Port-Vale-Rigg-happy-fit-promotion-push/story-13111666-detail/story.html |title=Port Vale: Rigg happy to fit in during promotion push |date=11 August 2011 |work=The Sentinel |accessdate=11 August 2011}}

Personal life

In January 2011, Rigg began training to become a tattooist, and Port Vale teammate Lewis Haldane allowed him to practice his tattooing techniques on him.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/stoke/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_9378000/9378571.stm |title=Port Vale player Sean Rigg is training to be tattooist |accessdate=30 May 2011 |date=27 January 2011 |work=BBC Sport}} Later in the year his fiancée gave birth to a baby daughter.{{cite news |title=Rigg ready to sign new contract with Valiants |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Port-Vale-Rigg-ready-sign-new-contract-Valiants/story-15838980-detail/story.html |accessdate=17 April 2012 |newspaper=The Sentinel |date=17 April 2012}}

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|FA Cup !colspan="2"\|EFL Cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="5"\|Bristol Rovers	2006–07{{Soccerbase season\|id=44453\|season=2006\|accessdate=1 January 2017}}	League Two	18	1	2	0	1	0	5{{efn\|name=efl\|Appearance/s and goal/s in the EFL Trophy.}}{{efn\|name=pof\|Appearance/s and goal/s in the play-offs.}}	1{{efn\|name=pof}}	26	2
2007–08{{Soccerbase season\|id=44453\|season=2007\|accessdate=1 January 2017}}	League One	31	1	5	0	1	0	1{{efn\|name=efl}}	0	38	1
2008–09{{Soccerbase season\|id=44453\|season=2008\|accessdate=1 January 2017}}	League One	8	0	0	0	1	0	1{{efn\|name=efl}}	0	10	0
2009–10{{Soccerbase season\|id=44453\|season=2009\|accessdate=1 January 2017}}	League One	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
colspan="2"\|Total !57	2	7	0	4	0	7	1	75	3
Grays Athletic (loan)	2008–09	Conference National	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Forest Green Rovers (loan)	2009–10	Conference National	14	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	6
rowspan="4"\|Port Vale	2009–10	League Two	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	3
2010–11{{Soccerbase season\|id=44453\|season=2010\|accessdate=1 January 2017}}	League Two	25	3	4	1	2	1	2{{efn\|name=efl}}	0	33	5
2011–12{{Soccerbase season\|id=44453\|season=2011\|accessdate=1 January 2017}}	League Two	42	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	45	10
colspan="2"\|Total !93	16	6	1	3	1	2	0	104	18
rowspan="3"\|Oxford United	2012–13{{Soccerbase season\|id=44453\|season=2012\|accessdate=1 January 2017}}	League Two	44	5	4	1	2	0	3{{efn\|name=efl}}	1{{efn\|name=efl}}	53	7
2013–14{{Soccerbase season\|id=44453\|season=2013\|accessdate=1 January 2017}}	League Two	28	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	32	2
colspan="2"\|Total !72	7	7	1	3	0	3	1	85	9
rowspan="3"\|AFC Wimbledon	2014–15{{Soccerbase season\|id=44453\|season=2014\|accessdate=1 January 2017}}	League Two	44	5	4	1	1	0	3{{efn\|name=efl}}	1{{efn\|name=efl}}	52	7
2015–16{{Soccerbase season\|id=44453\|season=2015\|accessdate=1 January 2017}}	League Two	39	2	1	0	1	0	3{{efn\|name=efl}}{{efn\|name=pof}}	0	44	2
colspan="2"\|Total !83	7	5	1	2	0	6	1	96	9
rowspan="3"\|Newport County	2016–17{{Soccerbase season\|id=44453\|season=2016\|accessdate=1 January 2017}}	EFL League Two	34	6	3	0	1	0	2{{efn\|name=efl}}	0	40	2
2017–18{{Soccerbase season\|id=44453\|season=2017\|accessdate=1 January 2017}}	EFL League Two	16	0	1	0	1	0	3{{efn\|name=efl}}	0	21	0
colspan="2"\|Total !50	6	4	0	2	0	5	0	61	2
rowspan="3"\|Bath City	2017–18{{Soccerway\|sean-rigg/50841}}	National League South	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
2018–19	National League South	27	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	6
colspan="2"\|Total !34	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	8
colspan="3"\|Career total !408	52	31	3	14	1	23	3	477	57

Honours

Bristol Rovers

Football League Two play-offs: 2007

AFC Wimbledon

Football League Two play-offs: 2016