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{{short description|Argentine footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Islas|Ranieri|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Luis Islas
| image = Luis Islas estudiantes.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Islas while playing for<br> [[Estudiantes de La Plata]] in 1983
| fullname = Luis Alberto Islas Ranieri
| height = {{convert|1.89|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|12|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina
| currentclub = [[Ayacucho FC|Ayacucho]] (manager)
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1982
| years2 = 1983–1986
| years3 = 1986–1988
| years4 = 1988–1990
| years5 = 1989–1990
| years6 = 1990–1994
| years7 = 1995
| years8 = 1996
| years9 = 1996–1997
| years10 = 1998–1999
| years11 = 2000
| years12 = 2000–2001
| years13 = 2002–2003
| years14 = 2003
| clubs1 = [[Chacarita Juniors]]
| clubs2 = [[Estudiantes de La Plata|Estudiantes]]
| clubs3 = [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]
| clubs4 = [[Atlético Madrid]]
| clubs5 = → [[CD Logroñés|Logroñés]] (loan)
| clubs6 = [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]
| clubs7 = [[Newell's Old Boys]]
| clubs8 = [[Club Atlético Platense|Platense]]
| clubs9 = [[Club Toluca|Toluca]]
| clubs10 = [[Club Atlético Huracán|Huracán]]
| clubs11 = [[Club Atlético Tigre|Tigre]]
| clubs12 = [[Club León|León]]
| clubs13 = [[Talleres de Córdoba|Talleres]]
| clubs14 = [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]
| caps1 = 21
| caps2 = 107
| caps3 = 48
| caps4 = 0
| caps5 = 35
| caps6 = 141
| caps7 = 15
| caps8 = 10
| caps9 = 53
| caps10 = 19
| caps11 = 12
| caps12 = 44
| caps13 = 34
| caps14 = 8
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| goals7 = 0
| goals8 = 0
| goals9 = 0
| goals10 = 0
| goals11 = 0
| goals12 = 0
| goals13 = 0
| goals14 = 0
| totalcaps = 547
| totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1983
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national under-20 football team|Argentina U20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1984–1994
| nationalteam2 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalcaps2 = 30
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|ARG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 Mexico]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1993 Copa América|1993 Ecuador]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[1992 King Fahd Cup|1992 Saudi Arabia]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1993 Artemio Franchi Cup|1993 Argentina]]|}}
| manageryears1 = 2006
| managerclubs1 = [[Club Aurora|Aurora]]
| manageryears2 = 2007
| managerclubs2 = [[Club Almagro|Almagro]]
| manageryears3 = 2007
| managerclubs3 = [[Club Aurora|Aurora]]
| manageryears4 = 2011
| managerclubs4 = [[Central Norte]]
| manageryears5 = 2013
| managerclubs5 = [[Racing de Córdoba]]
| manageryears6 = 2014
| managerclubs6 = [[Club Atlético Colegiales (Argentina)|Colegiales]]
| manageryears7 = 2015–2016
| managerclubs7 = [[Deportivo Español]]
| manageryears8 = 2020
| managerclubs8 = [[Club Sol de América|Sol de América]]
| manageryears9 = 2021
| managerclubs9 = {{ill|Club Social y Deportivo Sol de Mayo|lt=Sol de Mayo|es}}
| manageryears10 = 2022
| managerclubs10 = [[Sportivo Desamparados]]
| manageryears11 = 2023
| managerclubs11 = [[Sacachispas Fútbol Club|Sacachispas]]
| manageryears12 = 2025–
| managerclubs12 = [[Ayacucho FC|Ayacucho]]
}}
'''Luis Alberto Islas Ranieri''' (born 22 December 1965 in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]) is an Argentine [[Association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]] and former player. He is the current manager of Peruvian club [[Ayacucho FC|Ayacucho]].

A [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] who won the [[FIFA World Cup]] with Argentina in [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], Islas played for the [[Argentina national football team|Argentina national team]], [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]], [[Estudiantes de La Plata]] and [[Club León|León]].

==Playing career==

===Club===
Islas started his career as a goalkeeper in [[Chacarita Juniors]] in the early 1980s. He earned his nickname ''el loco'' ("crazy") because of his flair and temperament.

In late 1982 Islas was transferred to [[Estudiantes de La Plata|Estudiantes]]. There, he alternated with Carlos Bertero in the team that won the [[1983 Argentine Primera División#Nacional Championship)|Nacional]] championship title in 1983.

He was transferred to [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]] in 1986 and played for two years. He then went to [[Atlético Madrid]] in 1988 but did not play a game and was loaned to [[CD Logroñés]]. He came back to [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]] in 1990 and helped the team win the [[1993–94 in Argentine football#Torneo Clausura|Clausura 1994]] and two international titles.

He retired in 2003 after playing 241 games for Independiente.

===International===
Islas was part of [[Argentina national under-20 football team|Argentina's Youth Football Team]] that finished runner-up at the [[1983 FIFA World Youth Championship]].

Islas was the substitute goalkeeper during the [[1986 FIFA World Cup|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 FIFA World Cup|1990 World Cup]]. 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 had some weak matches during the qualifiers to the 1994 World Cup, Islas was the starting goalkeeper for [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] during the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 World Cup]].

==Managerial career==
After a stint in [[Bolivia]], Islas managed Argentine side [[Club Almagro]] from November 2006 to May 2007, after which Islas returned to Bolivia to manage [[Club Aurora|Aurora]] but resigned in September 2007.<ref>[http://www.ole.clarin.com/notas/2007/09/11/01496849.html {{in lang|es}} Diario Olé]</ref>

==Career statistics==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | [[Argentina national football team|Argentina national team]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|-
|1984||3||0
|-
|1985||2||0
|-
|1986||1||0
|-
|1987||5||0
|-
|1988||4||0
|-
|1989||4||0
|-
|1990||0||0
|-
|1991||0||0
|-
|1992||3||0
|-
|1993||1||0
|-
|1994||7||0
|-
!Total||30||0
|}

==Honours==
;Estudiantes
*[[Argentine Primera División]]: [[1983 Argentine Primera División#Nacional Championship)|Nacional 1983]]

;Independiente
*[[Argentine Primera División]]: [[1993–94 in Argentine football#Torneo Clausura|Clausura 1994]]
*[[Supercopa Sudamericana]]: [[1994 Supercopa Libertadores|1994]]
*[[Recopa Sudamericana]]: [[Recopa Sudamericana 1995|1995]]

;Argentina
*[[FIFA World Cup]]: [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]
*[[Copa América]]: [[Copa América 1993|1993]]
*[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]: [[1992 King Fahd Cup|1992]]
*[[CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions]]: [[1993 Artemio Franchi Cup|1993]]

;Individual
*[[FIFA World Youth Championship]]: [[Bronze ball 1983]]
*[[Olimpia Award]]: 1992

==References==
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