Otoniel Carranza

Otoniel Carranza

Personal information
Full name	Edwin Otoniel Carranza Solís
Date of birth	(1983-12-22) 22 December 1983
Place of birth	Intipucá, El Salvador
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	C.D. Universidad de El Salvador
Number	3
Youth career
1997–1998	Águila
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2007	Águila
2008	ADI
2009–2010	Atlético Balboa
2010–2012	ADI	54	(3)
2012–2013	Juventud Independiente	25	(1)
2013–	C.D. Universidad de El Salvador	75	(2)
International career‡
2004	El Salvador	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 January 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 January 2011

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Carranza and the second or maternal family name is Solís.

Edwin Otoniel Carranza Solís (born 22 December 1983) is a Salvadoran professional football player who currently plays for C.D. Universidad de El Salvador in the Salvadoran Primera División.

Club career

He began his career through the C.D. Águila youth system and was a prominent young defender whose organization and determination gained wide admiration.

During his early career, he has won three championships with C.D. Águila (2000, 2001 and 2006), won a gold medal with the El Salvador team during the Central American and Caribbean Games. After winning the championship in 2006, he was eligible to join the Salvadoran national football team, but he did not accept for that time had married with Suleyma Lainez. He returned to the game as good as ever. He had a chance to be in the 2008 national selection, but he had minor abdominal pain that is reflecting on his current game.

In 2009 he moved to Atlético Balboa but left them later in the year after not being paid by the club.

International career

Carranza made his debut for El Salvador in an April 2004 friendly match against Colombia and has earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in only one FIFA World Cup qualification match.

His final international game was an August 2004 friendly match against Honduras.

External links

• Otoniel Carranza at National-Football-Teams.com