Collins Fai

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Collins Fai
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Personal information
Full name Collins Ngoran Suiru Fai
Date of birth (1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth Bamenda, Cameroon
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)
Youth career
2005–2011 PWD Bamenda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Union Douala[2] 18 (0)
2013NQSA (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)
2025 Sloboda Tuzla 6 (0)
International career
Cameroon U21[3]
Cameroon U23[3]
2012– Cameroon[4] 56 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2017 Gabon
Third place 2021 Cameroon
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals 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

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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

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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

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As of 27 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
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 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

International

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As of matches played on 7 December 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Cameroon 2012 1 0
2013 0 0
2014 0 0
2015 1 0
2016 1 0
2017 15 0
2018 6 0
2019 9 0
2020 1 0
2021 6 0
2022 15 0
2023 1 0
Total 56 0

Honours

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Union Douala

Standard Liège

Cameroon

References

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