Fabien Causeur (born 16 June 1987) is a French professional

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player for Real Madrid of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he plays at the shooting guard position. He was the 2018 French Player of the Year.

Professional career

Causeur played in the French League starting in 2005. He spent the first four years of his career with

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. Le Havre finished fifth in the French League in the 2007–08 season; as a result Causeur played eight games with the team in the EuroCup 2008–09. Causeur joined the French team

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for the 2009–10 season. He saw action in five games for the team in the EuroCup 2009–10. He then moved to the Liga ACB club Saski Baskonia, where he played from 2012 to 2016. On 3 August 2016 Causeur signed with

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of the German Basketball Bundesliga and the EuroLeague. In the 2016–17 season, Causeur won the Basketball Bundesliga title with Bamberg after sweeping

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3–0 in the Finals. Causeur was named the BBL Finals MVP, after averaging 14.0 points and 5.3 rebounds in the series. On July 25, 2017, Causeur signed a two-year deal with Real Madrid. In May 2018, Real Madrid won the 2017–18 EuroLeague championship, after defeating Fenerbahçe Doğuş in the final game with 85–80. Over 36 EuroLeague games, Causeur averaged 6.9 points, 1.9 assists and 1.6 rebounds per game. On July 3, 2019, Causeur agreed a contract extension with Real Madrid until 2022.

National team career

Causeur first played with the junior national teams of France at the

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. He was selected to the senior men's

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for the first time for the

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. He also played at the 2012 Summer Olympics.Fabien CAUSEUR (FRA).
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Career statistics

EuroLeague

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Professional career

National team career

Career statistics

EuroLeague

References

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