Gustav Wetterström | |
Fullname: | Karl Gustav Evert Wetterström |
Birth Date: | 15 October 1911 |
Birth Place: | Norrköping, Sweden |
Death Place: | Norrköping, Sweden |
Position: | Forward |
Clubs1: | IK Sleipner |
Nationalyears1: | 1934–1938 |
Nationalteam1: | Sweden |
Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
Nationalgoals1: | 7 |
Karl Gustav Evert Wetterström (15 October 1911 – 16 November 1991) was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker.
He played for IK Sleipner[1] and the Sweden men's national football team, for whom he appeared in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. 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.
Sweden | 1934 | 1 | 0 | |
1935 | 0 | 0 | ||
1936 | 0 | 0 | ||
1937 | 3 | 4 | ||
1938 | 3 | 3 | ||
Total | 7 | 7 |
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Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wetterström goal.
Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. | |
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1 | 20 June 1937 | Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden | 5–2 | 7–2 | 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification | [3] | |
2 | 6–2 | ||||||
3 | 7–2 | ||||||
4 | 23 June 1937 | Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland | 4–3 | 4–3 | Friendly | [4] | |
5 | 12 June 1938 | Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes, France | 2–0 | 8–0 | 1938 FIFA World Cup | [5] | |
6 | 3–0 | ||||||
7 | 4–0 |
IK Sleipner