Gustav Wetterström
Swedish footballer
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Karl Gustav Evert Wetterström (15 October 1911 – 16 November 1991) was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker.
Full name
Karl Gustav Evert Wetterström
Date of birth
October 15, 1911
Place of birth
Norrköping, Sweden
Date of death
November 16, 1991 (aged 80)
 Gustav Wetterström with IK Sleipner by the mid-1930s | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Karl Gustav Evert Wetterström | ||
| Date of birth | October 15, 1911 | ||
| Place of birth | Norrköping, Sweden | ||
| Date of death | November 16, 1991 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Norrköping, Sweden | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| IK Sleipner | |||
| International career | |||
| 1934–1938 | Sweden | 7 | (7) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played for IK Sleipner[1] and the Sweden men's national football team, for whom he appeared in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[2] He scored a hat trick in Sweden's 8-0 victory over Cuba, although many sources outside of FIFA have credited him with scoring 4 goals in that match.
Career statistics
International
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wetterström goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 June 1937 | Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden |  Estonia |
5–2 | 7–2 | 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification | [5] |
| 2 | 6–2 | ||||||
| 3 | 7–2 | ||||||
| 4 | 23 June 1937 | Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland |  Poland |
4–3 | 4–3 | Friendly | [6] |
| 5 | 12 June 1938 | Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes, France |  Cuba |
2–0 | 8–0 | 1938 FIFA World Cup | [7] |
| 6 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 7 | 4–0 |
Honours
IK Sleipner
