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Fabien Causeur
No. 5 – Olimpia Milano
Position	Shooting guard
League	Lega Basket Serie A; EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	16 June 1987 (age 37); Brest, France
Listed height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2009: undrafted
Playing career	2005–present
Career history
2005–2009	Le Havre
2009–2012	Cholet
2012–2016	Baskonia
2016–2017	Brose Bamberg
2017–2024	Real Madrid
2024-present	Olimpia Milano
Career highlights and awards
	2× EuroLeague champion (2018, 2023); 4× Liga ACB champion (2018, 2019, 2022, 2024); 5× Spanish Supercup winner (2018, 2019, 2021–2023); LNB Pro A champion (2010); French Supercup winner (2010); French player of the year (2018); LNB Pro A MVP (2012); Bundesliga champion (2017); German Cup winner (2017); German League Finals MVP (2017);

Fabien Causeur (born 16 June 1987) is a French professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m),^[1] he plays at the shooting guard position. He was the 2018 French player of the year.^[2]

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.^[3] 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 Brose Bamberg of the German Basketball Bundesliga and the EuroLeague.^[4]

In the 2016–17 season, Causeur won the Basketball Bundesliga 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.^[5]

On 25 July 2017 Causeur signed a two-year deal with Real Madrid.^[6]^[7] In May 2018, Real Madrid won the 2017–18 EuroLeague championship, after defeating Fenerbahçe Doğuş in the final game with 85–80.^[8] 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 Real Madrid until 2022.^[9] 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. He was selected to the senior men's French national basketball team for the first time for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. He also played at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[10]

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague

†	Denotes season in which Causeur won the EuroLeague
*	Led the league


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2010–11	Cholet	4	3	29.3	.379	.267	.643	3.5	2.3	1.0	—	8.8	8.3
2012–13	Baskonia	28	13	20.8	.503	.375	.692	1.7	1.5	.7	.1	7.7	5.8
2013–14		17	12	23.2	.424	.297	1.000*	2.4	1.5	.5	.1	5.9	6.0
2014–15		23	19	23.9	.506	.345	.700	2.7	2.3	1.3	.3	9.3	11.4
2015–16		21	20	28.2	.444	.395	.810	3.1	2.0	1.1	.3	10.3	11.0
2016–17	Bamberg	29	29	25.3	.502	.347	.776	3.2	2.2	.8	.4	9.9	11.0
2017–18†	Real Madrid	36*	24	18.1	.529	.441	.712	1.6	1.9	.4	.1	6.9	7.2
2018–19		35	24	14.1	.476	.415	.703	1.7	1.4	.3	.0	5.8	5.5
2019–20		25	12	16.3	.552	.473	.650	1.5	1.5	.3	.0	7.5	7.3
2020–21		28	8	14.1	.469	.417	.659	1.1	1.4	.4	—	6.3	5.4
2021–22		28	18	20.0	.497	.432	.692	1.6	1.4	.4	.1	8.5	6.7
2022–23†		29	8	12.7	.381	.364	.773	1.1	1.2	.4	.1	4.0	3.1
2023–24		32	18	15.2	.462	.394	.889	1.3	1.1	.4	.2	5.1	4.5
Career		335	208	18.9	.483	.392	.734	1.9	1.6	.6	.1	7.2	6.9