Louis Schaub
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 29 December 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Fulda, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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SK Rapid Wien | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2007 | FC Admira Wacker Mödling | ||
| 2007–2011 | SK Rapid Wien | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Rapid Wien II | 29 | (5) |
| 2012– | Rapid Wien | 120 | (20) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | Austria U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2010 | Austria U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Austria U19 | 9 | (3) |
| 2013– | Austria U21 | 17 | (3) |
| 2016– | Austria | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2016 (UTC) |
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Louis Schaub (born 29 December 1994) is a German-born Austrian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Austrian Football Bundesliga side Rapid Wien.
He was selected by influential football website IBWM in their list of the 100 most exciting players in world football for 2014.
Schaub made his debut for Rapid Wien's senior team in the 3-0 Austrian Football Bundesliga 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 Ajax Amsterdam in the UEFA Champions League qualifier.
Schaub has been capped at four different age groups for Austria. He made his debut for Austria U21 in a 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 4 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 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Wales in September 2016.
Schaub's mother is Austrian, His German father Fred was a football player and played 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 Chiara also plays football and has represented Austria at youth level.
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