Abdelhafid Tasfaout (Arabic: عبد الحفيظ تاسفاوت; born 11 February 1969) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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.

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