Gustav Wetterström

Gustav Wetterström

File:Swefootball gwetterström1935ca.jpg Gustav Wetterström with IK Sleipner by the mid-1930s
Personal information
Full name	Karl Gustav Evert Wetterström
Date of birth	(1911-10-15)October 15, 1911
Place of birth	Norrköping, Sweden
Date of death	November 16, 1991(1991-11-16) (aged 80)
Place of death	Norrköping, Sweden
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	IK Sleipner
International career
1934–1938	Sweden	7	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Karl Gustav Evert Wetterström (15 October 1911 – 16 November 1991) was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker. He played for IK Sleipner 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

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	1934	1	0
	1935	0	0
	1936	0	0
	1937	3	4
	1938	3	3
Total		7	7

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

List of international goals scored by Gustav Wetterström

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
2				6–2
3				7–2
4	23 June 1937	Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland	Poland	4–3	4–3	Friendly
5	12 June 1938	Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes, France	Cuba	2–0	8–0	1938 FIFA World Cup
6				3–0
7				4–0

Honours

IK Sleipner

• Allsvenskan: 1937–1938