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{{Short description|Swedish footballer (1888–1960)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Karl Gustafsson
| image          = Swefootball karl gustafsson.jpg
| image_size     = 180px
| caption        = Karl Gustafsson at the 1912 Olympics
| birth_name     = 
| fullname       = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1888|09|16|df=yes}} 
| birth_place    = [[Köping, Sweden|Köping]], Sweden 
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1960|02|20|1888|09|16|df=yes}}
| death_place    = Köping, Sweden 
| years1         = 1903–1909
| clubs1         = [[IFK Köping]]
| years2         = 1910–1920
| clubs2         = [[Köpings IS]]
| years3         = 1916–1925
| clubs3         = [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgården]]
| years4         = 1926–1929
| clubs4         = [[Köpings IS]]
| years5         = 1929
| clubs5         = [[Hallstahammars SK|Hallstahammar]]
| years6         = 1930–1931
| clubs6         = [[IK Westmannia|Westmannia]]
| years7         = 1932
| clubs7         = [[Hallstahammars SK|Hallstahammar]]
| years8         = 1933–1935
| clubs8         = [[IK Westmannia|Westmannia]]
|nationalyears1 = 1908–1924
|nationalteam1  = [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
|nationalcaps1  = 32
|nationalgoals1 = 22
}}

'''Karl "Köping" Gustafsson''' (16 September 1888 – 20 February 1960) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[association football|football]] player who competed at the 1908, 1912, and 1920 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/karl-gustafsson-1.html |title=Karl Gustafsson |website=sports-reference.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204526/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/karl-gustafsson-1.html |access-date=27 March 2021|archive-date=17 April 2020 }}</ref><ref name=Oly>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27232 |title=Karl Gustafsson |work=Olympedia |access-date=27 March 2021}}</ref>

==Career==
===Club career===
On club level, Gustafsson represented [[IFK Köping]], [[Köpings IS]], [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgården]], [[Hallstahammars SK|Hallstahammar]], and [[IK Westmannia|Westmannia]].<ref name="svenskfotboll.se">{{cite web|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/landslagsdatabas/landslagsspelare/?fplid=657857&tab=appearances|title=Karl Gustafsson — svenskfotboll.se |website=svenskfotboll.se |access-date=27 March 2021}}</ref> He won two [[Svenska Mästerskapet]] with [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgården]].<ref name=Difa>{{cite web |url=http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf |title=Förteckning över samtliga SM-guld för Djurgårdens IF på seniornivå genom tiderna |language=sv |website=difarkivet.se |access-date=27 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811042345/http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2010}}</ref>

===International career===
On 12 July 1908, Gustafsson scored [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]'s first ever international goal in the team's first match, an 11–3 win over Norway.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kalle "Köping" har fått staty|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/landslag/2022/05/kalle-koping-har-fatt-staty/|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]|author=Ulf Eneroth|language=sv|date=25 May 2022|access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sverige–Norge – Matchfakta|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-norge-landskamper-herr-senior/1567897/|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]|language=sv|access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref> In 1912 he played as a midfielder in one match in the [[Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Matches|main tournament]] as well as one match in the [[Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Consolation tournament|consolation tournament]]. In the [[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920 tournament]] he was also a part of the Swedish football team, as well as in the [[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924 tournament]], where he did not play.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/paris1924/teams/team=1889337/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303123825/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/paris1924/teams/team=1889337/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 March 2014|title=Olympic Football Tournament Paris 1924 - Sweden - Overview |publisher=[[FIFA]] |access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref>

In total, Gustafsson made 32 appearances for Sweden and scored 22 goals.<ref name=EU>{{cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=7489 |title=Karl Gustafsson, international football player |website=eu-football.info |accessdate=12 July 2023}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International goals===
:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first and score column indicates the score after each Gustafsson goal.''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Gustafsson<ref name=EU/>
|-
! scope=col | No. 
! scope=col | Cap
! scope=col | Date 
! scope=col | Venue 
! scope=col | Opponent 
! scope=col | Score 
! scope=col | Result
! scope=col | Competition
! scope=col | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope=row| 1
| rowspan=2| 1 || rowspan=2| 12 July 1908 || rowspan=2| [[Idrottsplatsen]], [[Gothenburg]], Sweden || rowspan=2| {{fb|NOR}} || {{center|1–1}} || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 11–3 || rowspan=22| [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
! scope=row| 2
|| {{center|9–3}}
|-
! scope=row| 3
| rowspan=2| 5 || rowspan=2| 25 October 1908 || rowspan=2| [[De Diepput]], [[The Hague]], Netherlands || rowspan=2| {{fb|NED}} || {{center|1–1}} || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 3–5
|-
! scope=row| 4
|| {{center|3–1}}
|-
! scope=row| 5
| 6 || 26 October 1908 || [[Vivier d´Oie]], [[Brussels]], Belgium || {{fb|BEL}} || {{center|1–2}} || style="text-align:center;" | 1–2
|-
! scope=row| 6
| rowspan=2| 7 || rowspan=2| 11 September 1910 || rowspan=2| [[Frogner stadion|Gamle Frogner Stadion]], [[Oslo]], Norway || rowspan=2| {{fb|NOR}} || {{center|2–0}} || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 4–0
|-
! scope=row| 7
|| {{center|4–0}}
|-
! scope=row| 8
| rowspan=2| 8 || rowspan=2| 18 June 1911 || rowspan=2| [[Råsunda IP (1910)|Råsunda IP]], [[Solna Municipality|Solna]], Sweden || rowspan=2| {{fb|GER|empire}} || {{center|1–1}} || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 2–4
|-
! scope=row| 9
|| {{center|2–1}}
|-
! scope=row| 10
| 14 || 4 May 1913 || [[Sokolniki Sports Club]], [[Moscow]], Russia || {{fb|RUS}} || {{center|2–1}} || style="text-align:center;" | 4–1
|-
! scope=row| 11
| rowspan=5| 17 || rowspan=5| 8 June 1913 || rowspan=9| [[Stockholm Olympic Stadium]], [[Stockholm]], Sweden || rowspan=8| {{fb|NOR}} || {{center|3–0}} || rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | 9–0 || rowspan=5|<ref>{{cite web|title=Sverige–Norge – Matchfakta|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-norge-landskamper-herr-senior/1567918/|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]|language=sv|access-date=8 June 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope=row| 12
|| {{center|4–0}}
|-
! scope=row| 13
|| {{center|5–0}}
|-
! scope=row| 14
|| {{center|6–0}}
|-
! scope=row| 15
|| {{center|8–0}}
|-
! scope=row| 16
| rowspan=3| 21 || rowspan=3| 2 July 1916 || {{center|2–0}} || rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | 6–0
|-
! scope=row| 17
|| {{center|4–0}}
|-
! scope=row| 18
|| {{center|6–0}}
|-
! scope=row| 19
| 23 || 8 October 1916 || {{fb|DEN}} || {{center|2–0}} || style="text-align:center;" | 4–0
|-
! scope=row| 20
| 24 || 16 September 1917 || [[Frogner stadion]], [[Oslo]], Norway || {{fb|NOR}} || {{center|2–0}} || style="text-align:center;" | 2–0
|-
! scope=row| 21
| 25 || 14 October 1917 || rowspan=2| [[Stockholm Olympic Stadium]], [[Stockholm]], Sweden || {{fb|DEN}} || {{center|1–1}} || style="text-align:center;" | 1–2
|-
! scope=row| 22
| 26 || 26 May 1918 || {{fb|NOR}} || {{center|1–0}} || style="text-align:center;" | 2–0
|-
|}

== Honours ==
=== Club ===
; [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]]: 
* [[Svenska Mästerskapet]] (2):<ref name=Difa/> 1917, 1920

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Karl Gustafsson}}
* [http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/foo06sem.html Swedish squad in 1912] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215546/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/foo06sem.html |date=3 March 2016 }}
* {{Svenskfotboll|fid=657857}}
* {{difhistoria|karl-gustafsson}}

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