Abdelhafid Tasfaout

Abdelhafid Tasfaout
Born	(1969-02-11) February 11, 1969 Oran, Algeria
Occupation	Professional football player (retired)
Years active	1987–2004
Known for	Captain of the Algeria national football team; second-highest goal scorer for Algeria

Abdelhafid Tasfaout (; born 11 February 1969) is a retired Algerian professional football player who operated primarily as a midfielder. He served as captain of the Algeria national football team for a period of five years.

Career

At the 2002 African Cup of Nations held in Mali, Tasfaout endured a critical head injury following a collision with Boubacar Diarra. Emergency medical services were summoned onto the field due to concerns about his condition. Fortunately, he made a complete recovery; the injuries sustained were a fractured nose and a tongue that had been temporarily obstructed.

Tasfaout stands as Algeria’s second-highest goal scorer in history, trailing only Islam Slimani, having netted 36 goals across 80 international caps.

Club

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	0	0	0	25	12

International

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

The scoreline lists Algeria's goals first; the score column reflects the match score immediately following each goal by Tasfaout.

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Honours

MC Oran

• Algerian League titles: 1991–92, 1992–93

Auxerre

• French First Division champion: 1995–96
• Coupe de France winner: 1995–96

Guingamp

• Runner-up in the Coupe de France: 1996–97

Algeria

• Winner of the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations: 1991

Individual Achievements

• Awarded Best Algerian Player in 1992, 1993, and 1994
• Leading scorer in the Algerian Championship for 1992 and 1993 seasons (17 goals each)

External links

Comprehensive list of Abdelhafid Tasfaout's international goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score after goal	Final result	Competition
1	16 December 1991	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria		1–0	3–1	Friendly
2				3–0
3	9 October 1992	Stade Akid Lotfi, Tlemcen, Algeria		1–0	3–1	1994 FIFA WC qualification
4				2–0
5	24 January 1993	Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau		2–0	4–1	1994 CAN qualification
6	16 April 1993	Stade Akid Lotfi, Tlemcen, Algeria		1–1	1–1	1994 FIFA WC qualification
7	23 April 1993	Stade Akid Lotfi, Tlemcen, Algeria		1–0	4–0	1994 CAN qualification
8				2–0
9	3 July 1993	Lagos National Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria		1–0	1–4	1994 FIFA WC qualification
10 | rowspan=3 |25 July 1993 | rowspan=3 |Stade Akid Lotfi, Tlemcen, Algeria | rowspan=3 | | style=text-align:center |1-0 | rowspan=3=style=text-align:center |4-0 | rowspan=3=1994 CAN qualification
11 |style=text-align:center |3-0
12 |style=text-align:center |4-0
13 |12 November 1994 |Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda | |style=text-align:center |1-0 |style=text-align:center |1-1 |1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
14 |rowspan=2 |7 April 1995 |rowspan=2 |Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria |rowspan=2 | |style=text-align:center |1-0 |rowspan=2 style=text-align:center |2-0 |rowspan=2 |1996 CAN qualification
15 |style=text-align:center |2-0
16 |2 June 1995 |Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria | |style=text-align:center |1-0 |style=text-align:center |1-1 |1996 CAN qualification
17 |25 May 1996 |Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman | |style=text-align:center |1-0 |style=text-align:center |1-0 |Friendly
18 14 June 1996 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria 1-0 1-0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)