José Luis Carranza


José Luis Carranza Vivanco, nicknamed El Puma is a Peruvian retired football midfield player from Peru who played his entire club career for Universitario de Deportes. Carranza also played for the Peru national football team, making 55 appearances from 1988 to 1997.

Biography

He made his professional debut with La U on 13 May 1986 in Bolivia against Club Bolívar. Carranza would remain with the club during his 18 years as a professional footballer. Several times during his career he rejected offers from teams in Argentina, Ecuador, and Spain among others who wanted to contract his services. He always preferred to stay loyal to his favorite team, and became a symbol of the club. His number 22 has been retired by the club.
Carranza helped win the national championships in: 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Torneo Descentralizado. Furthermore, he is the player who played the most clasicos or games against the traditional rival of Universitario's, Alianza Lima.
He got another 4 metropolitan titles and participated in 10 Copa Libertadores. With over 51 games in this competition, Carranza surpassed Hector Chumpitaz in number of games played in the prestigious competition. In addition, Carranza participated in 3 Copa América and 3 World Cup qualification tournaments. He obtained 55 international caps for Peru national football team, when he scored one goal. He made his debut on 21 September 1988 in a friendly against Paraguay, and played his last international match for Peru on 16 November 1997 in a World Cup Qualifier against Paraguay.
His last encounter as professional was played on 26 December 2004, where he scored one goal. His testimonial match was on 6 April 2005, in a game attended by renowned South American players. After retiring, he opened a youth football academy, ran a popular cebicheria and studied to be a coach. He ran for mayor of Comas and was known by promising: “Me, water and sewerage” and “a fubo’ team”, but lost.

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