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Karl Gustav Evert Wetterström (15 October 1911 – 16 November 1991) was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Karl Gustav Evert Wetterström | ||
Date of birth | October 15, 1911 | ||
Place of birth | Norrköping, Sweden | ||
Date of death | November 16, 1991 | (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
editInternational
editNational team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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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.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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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
editIK Sleipner
References
edit- ^ "Kultur - Randig nostalgi" (in Swedish). Norrköpings Tidningar. 2009-06-16.
- ^ Gustav Wetterstrom – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Gustav Wetterström - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ "Gunnar Gren - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Sverige - Estland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ "Polen - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ "Sverige - Kuba - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-12-16.