 He returned to Tunis in 1958 to form the FLN Algerian national team.When Algeria was granted independence in 1962, the 33-year-old Ben Tifour unlike Mekloufi and Ahmed Oudjani who moved back to play in Europe, returned to his homeland to take up a player-coach role at USM Alger leading them to the first Algerian championship in 1963.Ben Tifour died at the age of 43 while he was coach at JS Kabylie during the 1970–1971 season.