Collins Fai

Collins Fai
	Fai with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name	Collins Ngoran Suiru Fai
Date of birth	13 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Bamenda, Cameroon
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Right back, left back
Youth career
2005–2011	PWD Bamenda
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2013	Union Douala
2013	→ NQSA (loan)
2013–2016	Dinamo București
2016–2022	Standard Liège
2022–2023	Al-Tai
2024	Radnički Niš
International career‡
	Cameroon U21
	Cameroon U23
2012–	Cameroon
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
	*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.

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.

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]

As of 27 April 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dinamo București	2013–14	Liga I	11	0	1	0	—		—		—		12	0
	2014–15		24	0	1	0	3	0	—		—		28	0
	2015–16		21	0	3	0	2	0	—		—		26	0
	Total		56	0	5	0	5	0	—		—		66	0
Standard Liège	2015–16	Belgian Pro League	7	0	1	0	—		—		—		8	0
	2016–17	Belgian First Division A	18	0	0	0	—		5	0	1	0	24	0
	2017–18		32	1	6	0	—		—		—		38	1
	2018–19		30	1	0	0	—		7	0	1	0	38	1
	2019–20		8	0	2	1	—		3	0	—		13	1
	2020–21		19	0	1	0	—		8	0	—		28	0
	2021–22		11	1	2	0	—		—		—		13	1
	Total		125	3	12	1	—		23	0	2	0	162	4
Al-Tai	2021–22	Saudi Pro League	9	0	0	0	—		—		—		9	0
	2022–23	Saudi Pro League	25	0	0	0	—		—		—		25	0
	Total		34	0	0	0	—		—		—		34	0
Radnički Niš	2023–24	Serbian SuperLiga	7	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	7	0
Career total			222	3	17	1	5	0	23	0	2	0	269	4

As of matches played on 7 December 2023^[8]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
Cameroon	2012	1
	2013	0
	2014	0
	2015	1
	2016	1
	2017	15
	2018	6
	2019	9
	2020	1
	2021	6
	2022	15
	2023	1
Total		56

Union Douala

Standard Liège

Cameroon

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