Julián Simón Carranza (born 22 May 2000) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Banfield

Carranza's career began in 2017 with

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side Banfield. His first appearance for Banfield came against

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in the league on 24 November, coming on as a 55th-minute substitute for Michael López. In his third appearance, Carranza scored two goals in a home defeat versus

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on 9 December. He ended 2017–18 with five goals in fourteen league fixtures, subsequently netting a further five times in all competitions in 2018–19.

Inter Miami

On 26 July 2019,

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's Inter Miami signed Carranza. However, he was loaned back to Banfield until January 2020; when Inter Miami would officially join MLS. He returned from his homeland in early 2020, but didn't play until midway through the year due to the

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; he first played on 8 July, in an

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loss to Orlando City. On 22 August he scored twice against the same opponents during the MLS regular season .

Loan back to Banfield

Carranza spent five months back with Banfield to end 2019 after his transfer to Inter Miami, due to the newly formed American club not joining Major League Soccer until the succeeding January. He made twelve appearances in his second spell, whilst netting goals against Godoy Cruz and

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. His last appearance came in a win away to Independiente on 6 December 2019.

Philadelphia Union

In December 2021, it was announced that Carranza would spend the 2022 season on loan with the

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, in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2022 SuperDraft. On 2 April 2022, Carranza scored his first goal for the Philadelphia Union in a 2–0 home victory over

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. On 12 July, he netted his first career

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in a 7–0 home victory over D.C. United, becoming the fifth player in the Union's history to achieve the feat. He was voted MLS Player of the Week. On 13 July, Philadelphia opted to make Carranza's move to the club permanent, sending Miami $500,000 of General Allocation Money. On 21 August, he bagged a second-half hat-trick in a 6–0 away win over D.C. United, becoming the first Union player to score multiple hat-tricks, and joining

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as the only players to have scored two hat-tricks against the same side in a single MLS season. Carranza also became the first Philadelphia player to score three goals and register an assist in the same match, and by being voted MLS Player of the Week again, he became only the second Union player after Sébastien Le Toux (2010) to win the award twice in the same season.

Feyenoord

On 30 June 2024,

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announced that they had signed Carranza on a four-year contract. On 19 October, he netted his first goal for the club in a 5–1 away win over

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. On 18 February 2025, he scored his first

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goal in a 1–1 away draw against

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in the second leg of the knockout play-offs, securing his team's 2–1 aggregate triumph to advance to the Round of 16. Hence, he became the third Argentinian player to score for Feyenoord in the European competition, following

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and

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International career

Carranza featured in two matches for the Argentina U17 team at the 2017 South American Championship in Chile. He also featured in friendlies for the U17s, versus Godoy Cruz and Racing Club respectively; scoring twice against Godoy and once against Racing. Carranza has also trained with the

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team. September 2019 saw Carranza make Fernando Batista's U23 squad.

Career statistics

Honours

Philadelphia Union *

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runner-up:

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References

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