Nils Rikberg

Nils Rikberg
Personal information
Full name	Nils Bertil Rikberg
Date of birth	29 March 1928
Place of birth	Pernå, Finland
Date of death	10 August 2002 (aged 74)
Place of death	Turku, Finland
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1951	Loviisan Tor
1952-1953	Kotkan Jäntevä
1953–1954	Toulouse
1954–1957	Sète
1960–1961, 1964-1965	Åbo IFK
International career
1952–1960	Finland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nils Bertil Rikberg (29 March 1928 in Pernå – 10 August 2002 in Turku) was a Finnish footballer who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[2] He became one of the first professional footballers of Finland when he transferred to France in 1953.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nils Rikberg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
^ "Nils Rikberg". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ Kasila, Markku; Vuorinen, Juha. Pelimiehet. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö. p. 287. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.

Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.

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