Louis Schaub (; born 29 December 1994) is a professional

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who plays as an attacking midfielder for

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club

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. Born in Germany, he represents the Austria national team. He was selected by influential football website IBWM in their list of the 100 most exciting players in world football for 2014.

Club career

Schaub made his debut for Rapid Wien's senior team in the 3–0

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win over Sturm Graz on 18 August 2012. On 4 August 2015, Schaub scored two goals, including the winning goal in an unexpected 3–2 victory for Rapid Wien against

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in the UEFA Champions League qualifier. Having played for

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

since 2018, Schaub was loaned to Swiss side

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for the 2020–21 season. He joined

on a free transfer in July 2022.

International career

Schaub has been capped at four different age groups for Austria. He made his debut for Austria U21 in a

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1–0 win over Albania U21 on 14 August 2013, coming on as a 76th-minute substitute. Schaub was named in Austria's senior squad for a

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qualifier against Wales in September 2016.

Personal life

Schaub was born into a mixed German-Austrian family. His mother is Austrian and his father German, making him eligible to represent either nation internationally. His father, Fred Schaub, was a professional football player as well, having spent most of his career in the German Bundesliga. Fred Schaub died in April 2003 in a car accident; Louis was in the car and survived the accident. His younger sister

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also plays football and has represented Austria at youth level.

Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Schaub goal.''

References

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* 1994 births Living people Footballers from Hesse People from Fulda Sportspeople from Kassel (region) People with acquired Austrian citizenship Men's association football midfielders Austrian footballers Austria men's youth international footballers Austria men's under-21 international footballers Austria men's international footballers Austrian Football Bundesliga players German footballers Austrian people of German descent German people of Austrian descent Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Swiss Super League players SK Rapid Wien players 1. FC Köln players FC Luzern players Hannover 96 players UEFA Euro 2020 players Austrian expatriate footballers German expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland {{austria-footy-midfielder-stub