[1] The following year, he competed in the 55 kg event at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey where he was eliminated in his third match by Bekkhan Mankiev of Russia.

[3] In 2015, Islamov represented Moldova at the European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan in the 66 kg event without winning a medal.

The following year, he won one of the bronze medals in the 59 kg event at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships held in Riga, Latvia.

[9] In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

[11] In April 2021, he lost his bronze medal match in the 67 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.