Otoniel Carranza
Quick Facts
Biography
Edwin Otoniel Carranza Solís (born 22 December 1983) is a Salvadoran professional football player.
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 El Salvador during the football at the Central American and Caribbean Games. After winning the championship in 2006, he was eligible to join the El Salvador National 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 national team in 2008, 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 1 FIFA World Cup qualification match.
His final international game was an August 2004 friendly match against Honduras.