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.

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
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

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

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. ^ a b c "Cameroon: Fai Collins joins Romanian side Dinamo". Star Africa. 19 June 2013.
  3. ^ a b "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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