After a good season with the reserves, Carranza was loaned out to Peruvian Primera División club Ayacucho FC to gain some experience.Sporting Cristal: Ayacucho FC contrató a Luis Carranza, Renato Espinosa, Kevin Sandoval y Leonel Solís, lanueve.com.pe, 12 January 2017 Carranza already knew Ayacuchos head coach, Francisco Melgar, who formerly worked as a youth coach at Sporting Cristal. He made his debut on 4 February 2017, where he played the first half in Ayacucho's 1-0 loss to Sport Rosario.Descentralizado 2017: Luis Carranza debutó en Primera División con Ayacucho FC, lanueve.com.pe, 6 February 2017 Carranza made a total of 28 league appearances for Ayacucho in that season.
