Abdelhafid Tasfaout

Abdelhafid Tasfaout
Abdelhafid Tasfaout (2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-02-11) 11 February 1969 (age 55)
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 (60)
1995–1998 Auxerre 35 (5)
1997–1998 → Guingamp (loan) 25 (6)
1998–2002 Guingamp 129 (17)
2002–2003 Al-Rayyan 17 (7)
Total 351 (85)
International career
1990–2002 Algeria 80 (36)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abdelhafid Tasfaout (Arabic: عبد الحفيظ تاسفاوت; born 11 February 1969) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the captain of the Algeria national team for five years.

Career

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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 team's all-time second best scorer just behind Islam Slimani. He played 80 matches and scored 36 goals.[2]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Qatar Stars League Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup Qatar Cup Qatar Emir Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Rayyan 2002–03 Qatar Stars League 17 7 7 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 12
Career total 17 7 7 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 25 12

International

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

Honours

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MC Oran

Auxerre

Guingamp

Algeria

Individual

  • Best Algerian player in 1992, 1993 and 1994
  • Best goalscorer of the Algerian Championship in 1992 and 1993 with 17 goals

References

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  1. ^ Gleeson, Mark. "Algeria's Tasfaout recovers after swallowing tongue". ESPN. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  2. ^ Holstein, Dick & Owsianski, Jarek. "Abdelhafid Tasfaout - International Goals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 June 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
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