Gustav Wetterström

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

Gustav Wetterström

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

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

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[3]

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^[4]

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

• Allsvenskan: 1937–1938