Israel Escalante

Israel Escalante
Personal information
Full name Israel Enoc Escalante
Date of birth (1999-01-09) 9 January 1999
Place of birth Vista Linda, Argentina[1][2]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position Winger[1]
Team information
Current team
Municipal Limeno
Youth career
2014–2020 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2026 Boca Juniors 2 (0)
2020–2021 → Independiente Medellín (loan) 11 (2)
2022 → Alajuelense (loan) 13 (0)
2023–2024 → Estudiantes de Río Cuarto (loan) 3 (0)
2025 → Boca Unidos (loan) 6 (0)
2026-Present Municipal Limeno
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2025

Israel Enoc Escalante (born 9 January 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Municipal Limeno.

Career

Escalante joined Boca Juniors in 2014.[1][4] He spent six years progressing through their ranks, before departing on loan in July 2020 to Categoría Primera A side Independiente Medellín.[5][6][7][8] He made his senior debut under manager Aldo Bobadilla on 16 September, featuring for fifty-five minutes of a Copa Libertadores group stage defeat to Caracas; he came off the bench to replace Andrés Rodríguez in the first half.[9] His first league match arrived days later versus Alianza Petrolera, which was followed by an appearance against parent club Boca in the Libertadores; he left at half time of a narrow loss.[9]

Escalante scored his first senior goal on 8 October 2020 in a league win for Independiente Medellín over Cúcuta Deportivo, which was followed by another on 25 October at home to Deportivo Cali.[9][10]

Career statistics

As of 7 December 2020.[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Boca Juniors 2020–21[nb 1] Primera División 000000000000
Independiente Medellín (loan) 2020 Categoría Primera A 10200—2[a]000122
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (loan) 2022 Liga FPD 1000—000010
Career total 11200002000132
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

Notes

  1. ↑ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "El pibe de Boca firmó en el DIM". Olé. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "¿Quién es Israel Escalante, el pibe de los dos goles a River?". Olé. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Israel Escalante". World Football. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Boca Juniors confirma préstamo de Israel Escalante al DIM". AS. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Boca: el juvenil Israel Escalante jugará a préstamo en Independiente Medellín". TyC Sports. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Israel Escalante, primera contratación del Medellín para el 2020-II". Dalerojo. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "DIM confirma llegada del extremo argentino Israel Escalante". El Colombiano. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Baja confirmada en Boca: El Xeneize anunció de manera oficial la partida a al Independiente de Medellín de Israel Escalante". TNT Sports. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Argentina - I. Escalante". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Israel Escalante, nuevo jugador del DIM: "Sebastián Villa es uno de mis referentes"". Gol Caracol. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.