Abdelhafid Tasfaout (Arabic: عبد الحفيظ تاسفاوت; born 11 February 1969) is a retired Algerian footballer. A midfielder, he was the captain of the Algerian national team for five years.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Honours
  • 2.1 Clubs
  • 2.2 International
  • 2.3 Individual
• 3 Career statistics
  • 3.1 club statistics
  • 3.2 National team statistics
  • 3.3 International goals
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Career

Tasfaout suffered a life-threatening head injury during the 2002 African Cup of Nations in Mali after he clashed with Boubacar Diarra of Mali. An ambulance was driven onto the pitch to give *istance and at the time many of his teammates feared he had been killed. However, he made a complete recovery and it was confirmed that he suffered a broken nose and a swallowed tongue.

Tasfaout is the Algeria national football team's all-time second best scorer just behind Islam Slimani. He played 80 matches and scored 36 goals.

Honours

Clubs

MC Oran

• Algerian Championship: 1991–92, 1992–93

AJ Auxerre

• French Division 1: 1995–96
• Coupe de France: 1995–96

EA Guingamp

• Coupe de France: runner-up 1996–97

International

• Afro-Asian Cup of Nations: 1991

Individual

Awards

• Best Algerian player in 1992, 1993 and 1994

Performances

• Best goalscorer of the Algerian Championship in 1992 and 1993 with 17 goals

Career statistics

club statistics

National team statistics

International goals

References

External links

• Abdelhafid Tasfaout at National-Football-Teams.com