Louis Schaub
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
Current team | 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 | 116 | (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) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 November 2016 (UTC). | |||
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.[1][2]
He was selected by influential football website IBWM in their list of the 100 most exciting players in world football for 2014.[3]
Career
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.[4] 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.[5]
International career
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.[6]
Schaub was named in Austria's senior squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Wales in September 2016.[7]
Personal life
Schaub's mother is Austrian,[8] 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.[9][10]
References
- ↑ "Profile". skrapid.at. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ↑ "Profile". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ↑ "The IBWM 100 for 2014". inbedwithmaradona.com. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ↑ "Rapid Wien vs. Sturm Graz - 18 August 2012 - Soccerway". soccerway.com.
- ↑ "Champions League qualifiers: Ajax knocked out by Rapid Vienna in thriller". The Guardian. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ↑ "Albanien U21 vs. Österreich u21". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ↑ "Austria coach Koller makes 5 changes for World Cup qualifier". dailyherald.com. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ tb (2013-09-13). "Koller hat Louis Schaub im Auge". Fuldaer Zeitung (in German). Verlag Parzeller GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ↑ Medienkontor M. Angelstein GmbH & Co. KG (publisher) (2003-04-22). "Ex-Eintracht-Fußballprofi Fred SCHAUB tot - Unfall auf A7". OSTHESSEN NEWS (in German). Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ↑ Huber, Alexander (2014-01-22). "Louis Schaub: „Ich bin meiner Mutter ewig dankbar"". kurier.at (in German). Telekurier Online Medien GmbH & Co KG/. Kurier Zeitungsverlag und Druckerei GmbH. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
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