Collins Fai
Fai with Cameroon in 2022
Personal information
Full name Collins Ngoran Suiru Fai
Date of birth (1992-08-13) 13 August 1992
Place of birth Bamenda, Cameroon
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back, left back
Team information
Current team
Radnički Niš
Number TBA
Youth career
2005–2011 FC 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 0 (0)
International career
Cameroon U21[3]
Cameroon U23[3]
2012– Cameroon[4] 55 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner2017 Gabon
Third place2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:06, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:45, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Collins Ngoran Fai (born 13 August 1992) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Serbian club Radnički Niš and 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 FC 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 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 8 September 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo București 2013–14 Liga I 11010120
2014–15 2401030280
2015–16 2103020260
Total 5605050660
Standard Liège 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 701080
2016–17 Belgian First Division A 180005010240
2017–18 32160381
2018–19 301007010381
2019–20 802130131
2020–21 1901080280
2021–22 200020
Total 1162101230201513
Career total 172215150230202173

International

As of matches played on 12 July 2019[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Cameroon 201200
201300
201400
201510
201610
2017140
201860
201960
Total280

Honours

Union Douala

Standard Liège

Cameroon

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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