 He was a pioneer of Algerian football playing in Tunisia and France in the 40s and 50s as well as establishing the first Algerian national team with two other FLN activists featuring ten players in France's provisional World Cup squad on the eve of the finals in Sweden.One of those players was Ben Tifour himself, who had played for the French national team on four occasions including one appearance at the 1954 World Cup.Born in Hussein-Dey.