José Islas Rodríguez (born March 12, 1985) is a Mexican

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manager and former player. He was born in

Yahualica de González Gallo Yahualica is a town and municipality in the northeastern part of Jalisco, Mexico. It is one of the 125 municipalities that make up the state of Jalisco. Yahualica covers some 520.75 square kilometers and shares borders with the state of Zacatecas. ...

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

. Islas played in

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for Querétaro, Irapuato and Tijuana before joining

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side Real Colima in 2009. He finished his playing career with

Celaya F.C. Club Celaya is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Celaya, Guanajuato. Celaya currently plays in the Liga de Expansión MX. Initially formed on Sunday 7 February 1954, the team was reorganized in Winter 2003 after t ...

After he retired from playing, Islas became a football manager. He worked with his former club's second team, Celaya F.C. Premier, in the semi-professional third-tier before being named the senior side's manager in December 2018.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Islas, Jose 1985 births Living people Men's association football defenders Querétaro F.C. footballers C.D. Irapuato footballers Club Tijuana footballers Celaya F.C. footballers Leones Negros UdeG footballers Ascenso MX players Mexican football managers Celaya F.C. managers Footballers from Jalisco Mexican men's footballers