Luis Islas

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Luis Islas
Personal information
Full name	Luis Alberto Islas
Date of birth	December 22, 1965 (age 41)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1982 1983-1986 1986-1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1994 1995 1996 1996-1997 1998-1999 2000 2002-2003 2003	Chacarita Juniors Estudiantes Independiente Atlético Madrid CD Logroñés Independiente Newell's Old Boys Platense Club Toluca Huracán Club León Talleres Independiente	– (–) – (–) – (–) – (–) 35 (0) – (–) – (–) – (–) – (–) – (–) – (–) – (–) – (–)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Luis Alberto Islas (Born December 22, 1965 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a former goalkeeper for the Argentina national team, Estudiantes de La Plata, León(Mexico) and C.A. Independiente.

Islas started his career as a goalkeeper in Chacarita Juniors in the early 80s. He started making a name for himself as the goalkeeper of Argentina's Youth Football Team that finished runner-up at the 1983 Football World Youth Championship. He earned his nickname el loco ("crazy") because of his flair and temperament.

In late 1982 Islas was transferred to Estudiantes, which had just sold goalkeeper Juan Carlos Delmenico. There, he alternated with Carlos Bertero in the team that won the 1983 Nacional championship title.

Islas was the substitute goalkeeper during the 1986 World Cup, which Argentina won. Angry that he was still a substitute for Nery Pumpido, he resigned the national team just before the 1990 World Cup. Ironically, Pumpido was injured in the second match during that cup, so third goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea was put to the fore, and was selected the best goalkeeper of the tournament. After the cup, Islas returned to the national team under new coach Alfio Basile. Because Goycochea has some weak matches during the qualifiers to the 1994 World Cup, Islas was the starting goalkeeper for Argentina during the 1994 World Cup. But his performance was not very positive, since he conceded 6 goals in four matches, including the three goals Romania scored to eliminate Argentina in the second round.

He retired in 2003 after playing 241 games for Independiente. After a stint in Bolivia, Islas has been tipped for managing Argentine side Club Almagro starting November 2006 [1].

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Clausura 1994 - Independiente(Arg) Supercopa 1994 - Independiente (Arg) Recopa 1995 - Independiente (Arg)

Season	Club	Title
1983 Nacional	Estudiantes	Primera Division Argentina

	Argentina squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup
1 Goycochea | 2 Vázquez | 3 Chamot | 4 Sensini | 5 Redondo | 6 Ruggeri | 7 Caniggia | 8 Basualdo | 9 Batistuta | 10 Maradona | 11 Medina Bello | 12 Islas | 13 Cáceres | 14 Simeone | 15 Borelli | 16 Díaz | 17 Ortega | 18 Pérez | 19 Balbo | 20 Rodríguez | 21 Mancuso | 22 Scoponi | Coach: Basile

	Argentina squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Champions (2nd Title)
1 Almirón | 2 Batista | 3 Bochini | 4 Borghi | 5 Brown | 6 Passarella | 7 Burruchaga | 8 Clausen | 9 Cuciuffo | 10 Maradona | 11 Valdano | 12 Enrique | 13 Garré | 14 Giusti | 15 Islas | 16 Olarticoechea | 17 Pasculli | 18 Pumpido | 19 Ruggeri | 20 Tapia | 21 Trobbiani | 22 Zelada | Coach: Bilardo