Nils Rikberg

Nils Rikberg

Personal information
Full name	Nils Bertil Rikberg
Date of birth	(1928-03-29)29 March 1928
Place of birth	Pernå, Finland
Date of death	10 August 2002(2002-08-10) (aged 74)
Place of death	Turku, Finland
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951	Loviisan Tor
1952-1953	Kotkan Jäntevä	35	(24)
1953–1954	Toulouse	4	(2)
1954–1957	Sète	51	(7)
1960–1961, 1964-1965	Åbo IFK		(10)
International career
1952–1960	Finland	15	(7)
*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

1. 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.
2. "Nils Rikberg". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
3. 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.