José Luis Carranza

José Carranza

Personal information
Full name	José Luis Carranza Vivanco
Date of birth	(1964-01-08) January 8, 1964
Place of birth	Lima, Perú
Height
Position(s)	defensive midfielder
Youth career
	Universitario de Deportes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986-2004	Universitario de Deportes	570	(8)
International career
1988-1997	Peru	55	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2007

José Luis Carranza Vivanco, nicknamed El Puma (born 8 January 1964 in Rimac, Lima) 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 team, making 55 appearances between 1988 and 1997. He is not to be confused with José "Caté" Carranza, also a Peru international.

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. In Peru his jersey 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 (another Universitario symbol) 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 team, in which he scored one goal. He made his debut on 21 September 1988 in a friendly against Paraguay (0-1), and played his last international match for Peru on 16 November 1997 in a World Cup Qualifier against Paraguay (1-0).

His last encounter as professional was played on 26 December 2004, where he scored a 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, runs a popular cebicheria (sea food restaurant) and is also studying to be a coach. He is known for his quotes: "Me, water and sewerage", and "Comas should have a fubo' team". He also ran for Mayor of Comas, but lost.

Clubs

• Universitario de Deportes (1985–2004)

See also

• One-club man

External links

• José Luis Carranza at National-Football-Teams.com