Abdelhafid Tasfaout (; 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 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.

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

Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonQatar Stars LeagueQatar Sheikh Jassem CupQatar CupQatar Emir CupOtherTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAl-Rayyan2002–03 Qatar Stars League 177750010002512Career total177750015002512

International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsAlgeria19901 019914 219923 2199313819944 119955 319965 219978519988 319992 02000105200113320024 2Total8036

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

+ List of international goals scored by Abdelhafid TasfaoutNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 16 December 1991 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria 1–0 3–1 Friendly2 3–03 9 October 1992 Stade Akid Lotfi, Tlemcen, Algeria 1–0 3–1 1994 FIFA WC qualification4 2–05 24 January 1993 Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 2–0 4–1 1994 CAN qualification6 16 April 1993 Stade Akid Lotfi, Tlemcen, Algeria 1–1 1–1 1994 FIFA WC qualification7 23 April 1993 Stade Akid Lotfi, Tlemcen, Algeria 1–0 4–0 1994 CAN qualification8 2–09 3 July 1993 Lagos National Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria 1–0 1–4 1994 FIFA WC qualification10 25 July 1993 Stade Akid Lotfi, Tlemcen, Algeria 1–0 4–0 1994 CAN qualification11 3–012 4–013 12 November 1994 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda 1–0 1–1 1996 CAN qualification14 7 April 1995 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria 1–0 2–0 1996 CAN qualification15 2–016 2 June 1995 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria 1–0 1–1 1996 CAN qualification17 25 May 1996 Sultan Qaboos Stadium, Muscat, Oman 1–0 1–0 Friendly18 14 June 1996 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria 1–0 1–0 1998 FIFA WC qualification19 12 January 1997 Bourj Hammoud Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon 2–2 2–2 Friendly20 23 February 1997 Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin 1–1 1–1 1998 CAN qualification21 31 May 1997 Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia 1–0 1–0 Friendly22 26 July 1997 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria 1–0 2–0 1998 CAN qualification23 24 December 1997 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 2–1 2–1 Friendly24 2 August 1998 June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya 1–0 3–1 2000 CAN qualification25 2–026 14 August 1998 May 19 Stadium, Annaba, Algeria 3–0 3–0 2000 CAN qualification27 29 January 2000 Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana 2–0 3–1 2000 Africa Cup of Nations28 6 February 2000 Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana 1–2 1–2 2000 Africa Cup of Nations29 3 September 2000 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria 1–1 1–1 2002 CAN qualification30 8 October 2000 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 1–0 2–2 2002 CAN qualification31 2–032 12 January 2001 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria 2–0 2–1 2002 CAN qualification33 11 March 2001 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 1–1 2–5 2002 FIFA WC qualification34 4 May 2001 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria 1–0 1–2 2002 FIFA WC qualification35 14 January 2002 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria 1–0 4–0 Friendly36 2–0

Honours MC Oran Algerian Championship: 1991–92, 1992–93

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

Guingamp Coupe de France: runner-up 1996–97

Algeria Afro-Asian Cup of Nations: 1991

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

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