Daniel Alejandro Islas (born 19 February 1979) is an
Argentine
Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...
football
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goalkeeper.
Career
Islas started his professional career in 1997 with
Club Atlético Independiente
() is an Argentine professional sports club, which has its headquarters and stadium in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its Association football, football team, which plays in the Argentine Primera Divi ...
of the
Primera División Argentina. In 1999, he dropped down a division to join
Club Atlético Tigre where he played until 2002 and then
Los Andes between 2002 and 2003.
In 2003 Islas returned to the Primera División with
Nueva Chicago but the club were relegated at the end of the
2003-2004 season, he stayed with the club for another season in the
Argentine 2nd division. In 2005, he joined
Huracán de Tres Arroyos.
In 2007 Islas returned for a second spell with Tigre, he helped the club to gain promotion to the Primera. In
Apertura 2007 he was the first team goalkeeper, helping the club to finish in second place, the highest league finish in the club's history. On 5 June 2011, during a match with
Huracán, he sprained his ankle. Islas' convalescence would require up to seven months for complete recovery.
''Islas, tras su lesión: "Me llamó hasta Almeyda"''
Notes
External links
* at Fútbol XXI
Football-Lineups player profile
Tigre player profile
1979 births
Living people
Footballers from Buenos Aires
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Argentine Primera División players
Club Atlético Independiente footballers
Club Atlético Tigre footballers
Club Atlético Los Andes footballers
Club Atlético Nueva Chicago footballers
Huracán de Tres Arroyos footballers
Club Atlético Huracán footballers
Unión de Santa Fe footballers
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