Nils Rikberg

{{short description|Finnish footballer (1928-2002)}}

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| name = Nils Rikberg

| fullname = Nils Bertil Rikberg

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|3|29}}

| birth_place = Pernå, Finland

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2002|8|10|1928|3|29}}

| death_place = Turku, Finland

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| position = Striker

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| years1 = 1951

| years2 = 1952-1953

| years3 = 1953–1954

| years4 = 1954–1957

| years5 = 1960–1961, 1964-1965

| clubs1 = Loviisan Tor

| clubs2 = Kotkan Jäntevä

| clubs3 = Toulouse

| clubs4 = Sète

| clubs5 = Åbo IFK

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 35

| caps3 = 4

| caps4 = 51

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| goals2 = 24

| goals3 = 2

| goals4 = 7

| goals5 = 10

| nationalyears1 = 1952–1960

| nationalteam1 = Finland

| nationalcaps1 = 15

| nationalgoals1 = 7

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Nils Bertil Rikberg (29 March 1928 in Pernå – 10 August 2002 in Turku) was a Finnish footballer who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/nils-rikberg-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182816/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/nils-rikberg-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |accessdate=4 October 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25009 |title=Nils Rikberg |work=Olympedia |access-date=9 November 2021}} He became one of the first professional footballers of Finland when he transferred to France in 1953.{{Cite book |last=Kasila |first=Markku |title=Pelimiehet |last2=Vuorinen |first2=Juha |publisher=Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö |isbn=978-952-99075-9-5 |page=287}}

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