Abdelhafid Tasfaout

Hafid Tasfaout

Abdelhafid Tasfaout (2013)
Personal information
Full name	Abdelhafid Tasfaout
Date of birth	(1969-02-11) 11 February 1969 (age 52)
Place of birth	Oran, Algeria
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1981–1982	SONATIBA Oran
1982–1984	MC Oran
1985–1986	IRSH Oran
1986–1987	ASM Oran
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1990	ASM Oran	–	(–)
1990–1995	MC Oran	145	(50)
1995–1998	Auxerre	35	(5)
1997–1998	→ Guingamp (loan)	25	(6)
1998–2002	Guingamp	129	(17)
2002–2003	Al-Rayyan	13	(6)
Total		347	(84)
National team
1990–2002	Algeria	80	(36)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.

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 assistance 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.^[1]

Tasfaout is the Algeria national football team's all-time best scorer. He played 80 matches and scored 36 goals.^[2]

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 with the Algeria team with 36 goals
• Best goalscorer of the Algerian Championship in 1992 and 1993 with 17 goals

Career statistics[]

National team statistics[]

Algeria
Year	Apps	Goals
1990	1	0
1991	4	2
1992	3	2
1993	13	8
1994	4	1
1995	5	3
1996	5	2
1997	8	5
1998	8	3
1999	2	0
2000	10	5
2001	13	3
2002	4	2
Total	80	36

International goals[]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 December 1991	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Senegal	1–0	3–1	Friendly
2.				3–0
3.	9 October 1992	Stade Akid Lotfi, Tlemcen	Burundi	1–0	3–1	1994 FIFA WC qualification
4.				2–0
5.	24 January 1993	Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	0–2	1–4	1994 CAN qualification
6.	16 April 1993	Stade Akid Lotfi, Tlemcen	Ivory Coast	1–1	1–1	1994 FIFA WC qualification
7.	23 April 1993	Stade Akid Lotfi, Tlemcen	Togo	1–0	4–0	1994 CAN qualification
8.				2–0
9.	3 July 1993	Lagos National Stadium, Lagos	Nigeria	0–1	4–1	1994 FIFA WC qualification
10.	25 July 1993	Stade Akid Lotfi, Tlemcen	Senegal	1–0	4–0	1994 CAN qualification
11.				3–0
12.				4–0
13.	12 November 1994	Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala	Uganda	1–0	1–1	1996 CAN qualification
14.	7 April 1995	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Ethiopia	1–0	2–0	1996 CAN qualification
15.				2–0
16.	2 June 1995	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Uganda	1–0	1–1	1996 CAN qualification
17.	25 May 1996	Sultan Qaboos Stadium, Muscat	Oman	0–1	0–1	Friendly
18.	14 June 1996	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Kenya	1–0	1–0	1998 FIFA WC qualification
19.	12 January 1997	Bourj Hammoud Stadium, Beirut	Lebanon	2–2	2–2	Friendly
20.	23 February 1997	Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou	Benin	1–1	1–1	1998 CAN qualification
21.	31 May 1997	Stade El Menzah, Tunis	Tunisia	0–1	0–1	Friendly
22.	26 July 1997	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Benin	1–0	2–0	1998 CAN qualification
23.	24 December 1997	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo	Egypt	0–2	1–2	Friendly
24.	2 August 1998	June 11 Stadium, Tripoli	Libya	0–1	1–3	2000 CAN qualification
25.				0–2
26.	14 August 1998	May 19 Stadium, Annaba	Libya	3–0	3–0	2000 CAN qualification
27.	29 January 2000	Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi	Gabon	2–0	3–1	2000 Africa Cup of Nations
28.	6 February 2000	Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi	Cameroon	2–1	2–1	2000 Africa Cup of Nations
29.	3 September 2000	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Burkina Faso	1–1	1–1	2002 CAN qualification
30.	8 October 2000	Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda	Angola	0–1	2–2	2002 CAN qualification
31.				0–2
32.	12 January 2001	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Burundi	2–0	2–1	2002 CAN qualification
33.	11 March 2001	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo	Egypt	1–1	5–2	2002 FIFA WC qualification
34.	4 May 2001	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Morocco	1–0	1–2	2002 FIFA WC qualification
35.	14 January 2002	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Benin	1–0	4–0	Friendly
36.				2–0

References[]

External links[]

• Abdelhafid Tasfaout at National-Football-Teams.com