Gustav Wetterström
{{short description|Swedish footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gustav Wetterström
| image = Swefootball gwetterström1935ca.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Gustav Wetterström with IK Sleipner by the mid-1930s
| fullname = Karl Gustav Evert Wetterström
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|10|15}}
| birth_place = Norrköping, Sweden
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|11|16|1911|10|15}}
| death_place = Norrköping, Sweden
| height =
| position = Forward
| years1 =
| clubs1 = IK Sleipner
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals =
| nationalyears1 = 1934–1938
| nationalteam1 = Sweden
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 7
| manageryears1 =
| managerclubs1 =
}}
Karl Gustav Evert Wetterström (15 October 1911 – 16 November 1991) was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker.
He played for IK Sleipner{{cite web|publisher=Norrköpings Tidningar|title=Kultur - Randig nostalgi|url=http://www.nt.se/kultur/artikel.aspx?articleid=5347962|language=Swedish|date=2009-06-16}} and the Sweden men's national football team, for whom he appeared in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.{{FIFA player|59912|Gustav Wetterstrom}} 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 =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by national team and year{{Cite web |title=Gustav Wetterström - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/gustav-wetterstrom/c674faf6-d264-4fea-99c7-a0184b42c5fd/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se. |language=sv}} !National team !Year !Apps !Goals |
| rowspan="5" |Sweden
|1934 |1 |0 |
| 1935
|0 |0 |
| 1936
|0 |0 |
| 1937
|3 |4 |
| 1938
|3 |3 |
| colspan="2" |Total
!7 !7 |
|---|
: Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wetterström goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of international goals scored by Gustav Wetterström{{Cite web |title=Gunnar Gren - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/gunnar-gren/1861577a-fa4b-447a-979f-53fbbdc61130/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se. |language=sv}} ! scope="col" |No. ! scope="col" |Date ! scope="col" |Venue ! scope="col" |Opponent ! scope="col" |Score ! scope="col" |Result ! scope="col" |Competition !Ref. |
| align="center" |1
| rowspan="3" |20 June 1937 | rowspan="3" |Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden | rowspan="3" |{{fb|EST}} | align="center" |5–2 | rowspan="3" align="center" |7–2 | rowspan="3" |1938 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center" |2
| align="center" |6–2 |
| align="center" |3
| align="center" |7–2 |
| align="center" |4
|23 June 1937 |Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland |{{fb|POL}} | align="center" |4–3 | align="center" |4–3 |Friendly |
| align="center" |5
| rowspan="3" |12 June 1938 | rowspan="3" |Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes, France | rowspan="3" |{{fb|CUB}} | align="center" |2–0 | rowspan="3" align="center" |8–0 | rowspan="3" |1938 FIFA World Cup |
| align="center" |6
| align="center" |3–0 |
| align="center" |7
| align="center" |4–0 |
Honours
IK Sleipner
References
{{reflist}}
{{Sweden Squad 1938 World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wetterstrom, Gustav}}
Category:1938 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Swedish men's footballers
Category:Sweden men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen
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