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Abdelhafid Tasfaout

Abdelhafid Tasfaout

Algerian footballer (born 1969)


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.

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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 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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International

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Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tasfaout goal.
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Honours

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

  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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