Luís Asué

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Nlavo and the second or maternal family name is Asué.

Luis Miguel Nlavo Asué (born 9 July 2001), known in Equatorial Guinea as Luis Nlavo, is an Equatoguinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua and the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Luis Asué

Asué in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Luis Miguel Nlavo Asué[1]
Date of birth	(2001-07-09) 9 July 2001 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Shanghai Shenhua
Number	19
Youth career
0000–2019	Cano Sport
2019–2021	Braga
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–2024	Braga B	29	(7)
2024–2025	Moreirense	46	(5)
2025–	Shanghai Shenhua	3	(2)
International career‡
2018	Equatorial Guinea U17[3]
2019	Equatorial Guinea A'	2	(2)
2021–	Equatorial Guinea	25	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2024

Club career

In January 2022, while playing in the under-23 team, Asué signed a new contract to tie himself to Braga until 2024.^[4]

On 30 January 2024, Asué left Braga and signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with fellow Primeira Liga club Moreirense.^[5][6]

On 24 June 2025, Asué joined Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua.^[7]

International career

Aged 18, Asué made his international debut for Equatorial Guinea A' (local national team) on 28 July 2019. He scored in the third minute of a 3–3 draw away to Chad in the 2020 African Nations Championship qualification.^[8] He netted again in a 2–1 win in the second leg of the same tie.^[9]

In September 2019, he was called up for the first time to the primary Equatorial Guinea national team for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.^[10] He made his senior debut on 7 September 2021 as an 85th-minute substitution in a 1–0 home win against Mauritania.

At the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, Asué was a substitute in all three group games as Equatorial Guinea reached the last 16.^[11][12][13] He was also chosen for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in the Ivory Coast.^[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 June 2025^[15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Braga B	2020–21	Campeonato de Portugal	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2022–23	Liga 3	14	2	—		—		2[a]	0	16	2
	2023–24	Liga 3	14	5	—		—		—		14	5
	Total		29	7	—		—		2	0	31	7
Moreirense	2023–24	Primeira Liga	15	0	—		—		—		15	0
	2024–25	Primeira Liga	31	5	3[b]	1	1[c]	0	—		35	6
	Total		46	5	3	1	1	0	—		50	6
Shanghai Shenhua	2025	Chinese Super League	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Career total			75	12	3	1	1	0	2	0	81	13

1. Appearances in Liga 3 third place play-off
2. Appearances in Taça de Portugal
3. Appearances in Taça da Liga

International

As of 17 November 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Equatorial Guinea	2021	5	0
	2022	3	0
	2023	4	0
	2024	13	3
Total		25	3

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 March 2024	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Cambodia	1–0	2–0	2024 FIFA Series
2.	9 September 2024	Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Togo	1–0	2–2	2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.	14 October 2024	Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia, Liberia	Liberia	1–0	2–1