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

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player for

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of the Italian

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(LBA) and the

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. Standing at , he plays at the

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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 STB Le Havre. 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 Cholet Basket for the 2009–10 season. He saw action in five games for the team in the EuroCup 2009–10. He then moved to the

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club

Saski Baskonia Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D commonly known as Saski Baskonia () and also simply as Baskonia, is a professional basketball team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLea ...

, where he played from 2012 to 2016. On 3 August 2016 Causeur signed with

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of the German

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and the

. In the 2016–17 season, Causeur won the

title with Bamberg after sweeping EWE Baskets Oldenburg 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 25 July 2017 Causeur signed a two-year deal with

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. In May 2018, Real Madrid won the

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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 3 July 2019 Causeur agreed a contract extension with

until 2022. On 23 July 2024, Causeur parted ways with the Spanish powerhouse after seven successful seasons.

National team career

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

2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the tenth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Nova Gorica, in Slovenia, and Gorizia, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Serbia won their first title with that name

. He was selected to the senior men's French national basketball team for the first time for the

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. He also played at the

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Career statistics

EuroLeague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2010–11 , style="text-align:left;", Cholet , 4 , , 3 , , 29.3 , , .379 , , .267 , , .643 , , 3.5 , , 2.3 , , 1.0 , , , , 8.8 , , 8.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2012–13 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4", Baskonia , 28 , , 13 , , 20.8 , , .503 , , .375 , , .692 , , 1.7 , , 1.5 , , .7 , , .1 , , 7.7 , , 5.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , 17 , , 12 , , 23.2 , , .424 , , .297 , , style="background:#CFECEC;", 1.000* , , 2.4 , , 1.5 , , .5 , , .1 , , 5.9 , , 6.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , 23 , , 19 , , 23.9 , , .506 , , .345 , , .700 , , 2.7 , , 2.3 , , 1.3 , , .3 , , 9.3 , , 11.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , 21 , , 20 , , 28.2 , , .444 , , .395 , , .810 , , 3.1 , , 2.0 , , 1.1 , , .3 , , 10.3 , , 11.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;",

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, 29 , , 29 , , 25.3 , , .502 , , .347 , , .776 , , 3.2 , , 2.2 , , .8 , , .4 , , 9.9 , , 11.0 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;", 2017–18† , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="7",

, style="background:#CFECEC;", 36* , , 24 , , 18.1 , , .529 , , .441 , , .712 , , 1.6 , , 1.9 , , .4 , , .1 , , 6.9 , , 7.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , 35 , , 24 , , 14.1 , , .476 , , .415 , , .703 , , 1.7 , , 1.4 , , .3 , , .0 , , 5.8 , , 5.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , 25 , , 12 , , 16.3 , , .552 , , .473 , , .650 , , 1.5 , , 1.5 , , .3 , , .0 , , 7.5 , , 7.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2020–21 , 28 , , 8 , , 14.1 , , .469 , , .417 , , .659 , , 1.1 , , 1.4 , , .4 , , , , 6.3 , , 5.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , 28 , , 18 , , 20.0 , , .497 , , .432 , , .692 , , 1.6 , , 1.4 , , .4 , , .1 , , 8.5 , , 6.7 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;", 2022–23† , 29 , , 8 , , 12.7 , , .381 , , .364 , , .773 , , 1.1 , , 1.2 , , .4 , , .1 , , 4.0 , , 3.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2023–24 , 32 , , 18 , , 15.2 , , .462 , , .394 , , .889 , , 1.3 , , 1.1 , , .4 , , .2 , , 5.1 , , 4.5 , - class="sortbottom" , colspan="2" style="text-align:center;", Career , 335 , , 208 , , 18.9 , , .483 , , .392 , , .734 , , 1.9 , , 1.6 , , .6 , , .1 , , 7.2 , , 6.9

Professional career

National team career

Career statistics

EuroLeague

References

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