despite being on the first-team, tafer was limited to playing mostly on the club's championnat de france amateur team appearing in 15 matches scoring five goals, which included a brace against rco agde and goals against rivals saint-étienne and as lyon duchère. on 24 january 2009, tafer made his professional debut in the club's coupe de france match against concarneau coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute. in the match, he was instrumental in the club's 5th goal after taking a pass and shooting the ball, which went off the post. teammate kader keïta quickly pounced on the rebound and converted the goal. lyon won the match 6–0. two weeks later, tafer made his league debut making a one-minute cameo appearance in a 3–1 victory over nice. tafer made two more league appearances being relegated back to the amateur team.