| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Carlos Antonio Ascues Ávila | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1992-06-19)19 June 1992 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Caracas, Venezuela | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder,striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Alianza Universidad | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2010 | Alianza Lima | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Alianza Lima | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Benfica B | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Panetolikos | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | →Universidad San Martin (loan) | 19 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Melgar | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Melgar | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | →Alianza Lima (loan) | 23 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | →Orlando City (loan) | 26 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | →Alianza Lima (loan) | 24 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | →Alianza Atlético (loan) | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | UCV | 84 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Asociación Deportiva Tarma | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025- | Alianza Universidad | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Peru | 26 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 November 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 March 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Carlos Antonio Ascues Ávila (born 19 June 1992), also known asPogbascues, due to his physical and technical similarities toPaul Pogba, is a Peruvian professionalfootballer who plays as acentral midfielder or as astriker on occasion forPeruvian Primera División sideAlianza Universidad.
Born inCaracas, Venezuela to Peruvian parents ofAfrican descent, Ascues began his youth career atAlianza Lima and moved up to the first team in the 2011 season.[citation needed] He finally made his professional league debut in theTorneo Descentralizado on 15 May 2011 in the 2–0 away win overSport Huancayo.[citation needed]
On 11 August 2012, Ascues signed for Portuguese sideBenfica but was immediately sent to theB-team where he played 22 times in the second division.[1]
On 21 August 2013, Ascues signed a two-year contract withPanetolikos in Greece.[2]
However, in January 2014, Ascues returned to Peru when he joinedUniversidad San Martin in a one-year loan deal.[3] On 3 February 2015, he returned to Peru on a permanent deal when he signed a two-year contract withMelgar of thePeruvian Primera División.[4]
On 23 July 2015, Ascues returned to Europe, signing a three-year deal withBundesliga sideVfL Wolfsburg for a fee of €1.5 million.[5] He made his debut for the team as a substitute on 1 April 2016, subbing on forRobin Knoche in the 82nd minute of a defeat to 3–0 away defeat toBayer Leverkusen. The only other senior appearance he would make was in aDfB Pokal first round game againstFSV Frankfurt the following season.
On 3 January 2017, Ascues rejoined former clubMelgar on loan until the end of the2016–17 Bundesliga season.[6] Upon the completion of the loan, he rejoined another of his former clubs, Alianza Lima, for the second half of the season. Ascues played 10 games and scored four goals as Alianza Lima won the2017 Peruvian Primera División title.
On 16 August 2018, he joinedOrlando City on loan until the end of the2018 MLS season with an option for a 12-month extension. He made his debut in a 2–1 defeat toAtlanta United on 25 August and started every remaining game except for the final day of the season when he was ruled out with a quad injury as Orlando lost 1–0 toNew York Red Bulls. The loan was extended for the2019 season. On 21 November 2019, it was announced Ascues had his contract option for the 2020 season declined by Orlando as part of the end-of-season roster decisions.[7]
In 2011, Ascues featured for and was captain of thePeru U20 side at the2011 Sudamericano U-20.[8]
On 6 August 2014, Ascues made his full senior debut for thePeru national team, scoring two goals in a 3–0friendly win againstPanama. He was a member of the squad that finished in third place at the2015 Copa América and also featured six times during the2018 FIFA World Cup qualification as Peru finished fifth before beatingNew Zealand in aplayoff to reach the team's first World Cup since1982. However, Ascues was not selected for the tournament.
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Alianza Lima | 2011 | Peruvian Primera División | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| Total | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Benfica B | 2012–13 | Segunda Liga | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| Panetolikos | 2013–14 | Super League Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Universidad San Martín (loan) | 2014 | Peruvian Primera División | 19 | 1 | 15 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 2 | ||
| Melgar | 2015 | Peruvian Primera División | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Melgar (loan) | 2017 | Peruvian Primera División | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| Alianza Lima | 2017 | Peruvian Primera División | 10 | 4 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 15 | 4 | ||
| 2018 | 13 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 6 | ||
| Orlando City (loan) | 2018 | MLS | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Career Total | 140 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 181 | 10 | ||
| Ascues – goals for Peru | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 6 August 2014 | Estadio Nacional,Lima,Peru |  Panama | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 3–0 | |||||
| 3. | 14 October 2014 | Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima, Peru |  Guatemala | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| 4. | 18 November 2014 | Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru |  Paraguay | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 5. | 2–0 | |||||
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