Gustav Wetterström Explained

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.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[2] !National team!Year!Apps!Goals
Sweden193410
193500
193600
193734
193833
Total77

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wetterström goal.

No.! scope="col"
DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
120 June 1937Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden5–27–21938 FIFA World Cup qualification[3]
26–2
37–2
423 June 1937Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland4–34–3Friendly[4]
512 June 1938Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes, France2–08–01938 FIFA World Cup[5]
63–0
74–0

Honours

IK Sleipner

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Norrköpings Tidningar. Kultur - Randig nostalgi. Swedish. 2009-06-16.
  2. Web site: Gustav Wetterström - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll . 2022-12-16 . www.svenskfotboll.se. . sv.
  3. Web site: Sverige - Estland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll . 2022-12-16 . www.svenskfotboll.se . sv.
  4. Web site: Polen - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll . 2022-12-16 . www.svenskfotboll.se . sv.
  5. Web site: Sverige - Kuba - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll . 2022-12-16 . www.svenskfotboll.se . sv.