Collins Fai

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Collins Fai
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Fai with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name Collins Ngoran Suiru Fai
Date of birth (1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Bamenda, Cameroon
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Position(s) Right back, left back
Youth career
2005–2011 PWD Bamenda
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2013 Union Douala [2] 18 (0)
2013 → NQSA (loan) [2] 6 (1)
2013–2016 Dinamo București 56 (0)
2016–2022 Standard Liège 125 (3)
2022–2023 Al-Tai 34 (0)
2024 Radnički Niš 7 (0)
International career‡
Cameroon U21 [3]
Cameroon U23 [3]
2012– Cameroon [4] 56 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2017 Gabon
Bronze medal icon.svg 2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 April 2024

Collins Ngoran Fai (born 13 August 1992) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for the Cameroon national team. Mainly a right back, [5] he can also operate as a left back.

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Early life

Collins Fai was born and raised in Bamenda, a city of the English-speaking part of Cameroon. He spent his entire youth career at local PWD Bamenda.

Club career

Aged 19, Fai joined the Cameroonian top team of Union Douala.

In 2013, Fai joined European football for the first time as he signed with the Romanian team of FC Dinamo București.

In January 2016, Fai joined Standard Liège in Belgium. On 17 March 2018, Fai played as Standard Liège beat Genk 1–0 in extra time to win the 2018 Belgian Cup Final and qualify for the UEFA Europa League. [6] On 29 January 2022, Fai joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Tai. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo București 2013–14 Liga I 11010———120
2014–15 2401030——280
2015–16 2103020——260
Total5605050——660
Standard Liège 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 7010———80
2016–17 Belgian First Division A 18000—5010240
2017–18 32160———381
2018–19 30100—7010381
2019–20 8021—30—131
2020–21 19010—80—280
2021–22 11120———131
Total1253121—230201624
Al-Tai 2021–22 Saudi Pro League 9000———90
2022–23 25000———250
Total34000———340
Radnički Niš 2023–24 Serbian SuperLiga 7000——0070
Career total222317150230202694

International

As of matches played on 7 December 2023 [8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Cameroon 201210
201300
201400
201510
201610
2017150
201860
201990
202010
202160
2022150
202310
Total560

Honours

Union Douala

Standard Liège

Cameroon

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cameroon: Fai Collins joins Romanian side Dinamo". Star Africa. 19 June 2013.
  3. 1 2 "L-a impresionat pe Mulţescu de la primul antrenament şi a semnat! Collins Fai e "câine"" (in Romanian). Prosport. 20 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Matches amicaux: Le Cameroun engagé chez les A et A'" (in French). Journal du Cameroun. 9 November 2012. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "🇨🇲 Fai Collins completes move to Al_Tai FC as he continues to impress at AFCON". KICK442. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Emond knikt Standard na verlengingen naar bekerwinst". Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "الطائي يتعاقد مع الظهير الأيمن الكاميروني كولينز فاي".
  8. ↑ Collins Fai at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. ↑ AfricaNews. "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place | Africanews". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.


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