Collins Fai

{{short description|Cameroonian footballer (born 1992)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Collins Fai

| image = Fai Collins.jpg

| caption = Fai with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations

| fullname = Collins Ngoran Suiru Fai

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1992|8|13}}

| birth_place = Bamenda, Cameroon

| height = 1.65 m{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Cameroon |publisher=FIFA |page=5 |date=15 November 2022 |access-date=3 December 2022}}

| position = Right back, left back

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2005–2011

| youthclubs1 = PWD Bamenda

| years1 = 2011–2013

| clubs1 = Union Douala

| caps1 = 18

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2013

| clubs2 = → NQSA (loan)

| caps2 = 6

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2013–2016

| clubs3 = Dinamo București

| caps3 = 56

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2016–2022

| clubs4 = Standard Liège

| caps4 = 125

| goals4 = 3

| years5 = 2022–2023

| clubs5 = Al-Tai

| caps5 = 34

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2024

| clubs6 = Radnički Niš

| caps6 = 7

| goals6 = 0

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Cameroon U21{{cite web|url=http://www.prosport.ro/fotbal-intern/liga-1/l-a-impresionat-pe-multescu-de-la-primul-antrenament-si-a-semnat-collins-fai-e-caine-10988508|title=L-a impresionat pe Mulţescu de la primul antrenament şi a semnat! Collins Fai e "câine"|publisher=Prosport|date=20 June 2013|language=Romanian}}

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 =

| nationalteam2 = Cameroon U23

| nationalcaps2 =

| nationalgoals2 =

| nationalyears3 = 2012–

| nationalteam3 = Cameroon{{cite web|url=http://journalducameroun.com/article.php?aid=12682|title=Matches amicaux: Le Cameroun engagé chez les A et A'|publisher=Journal du Cameroun|date=9 November 2012|language=French|access-date=4 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117033011/http://journalducameroun.com/article.php?aid=12682|archive-date=17 January 2013|url-status=dead}}

| nationalcaps3 = 56

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| pcupdate = 27 June 2024

| ntupdate = 7 April 2024

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}

{{MedalCountry|{{fb|CMR}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Africa Cup of Nations}}

{{Medal|W|2017 Gabon|}}

{{Medal|3rd|2021 Cameroon|}}

}}

Collins Ngoran Fai (born 13 August 1992) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for the Cameroon national team. Mainly a right back,{{Cite web|date=29 January 2022|title=🇨🇲 Fai Collins completes move to Al_Tai FC as he continues to impress at AFCON|url=https://www.kick442.com/%f0%9f%87%a8%f0%9f%87%b2-fai-collins-completes-move-to-al_tai-fc-as-he-continues-to-impress-at-afcon/|access-date=6 February 2022|website=KICK442|language=en-GB}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://m.live.sporza.be/cm/lmc.mobile/m_mc_voetbal/Beker-van-Belgie-1718/MG_BVB_F/1.3162424 |title=Emond knikt Standard na verlengingen naar bekerwinst |access-date=23 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521203352/http://m.live.sporza.be/cm/lmc.mobile/m_mc_voetbal/Beker-van-Belgie-1718/MG_BVB_F/1.3162424 |archive-date=21 May 2018 |url-status=dead }} On 29 January 2022, Fai joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Tai.{{cite web |title=الطائي يتعاقد مع الظهير الأيمن الكاميروني كولينز فاي |work=جريدة الرياض |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/1932186}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|27 April 2024}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|Dinamo București

|2013–14

|rowspan="3"|Liga I

|11

010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—120
2014–15

|24

01030colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—280
2015–16

|21

03020colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—260
colspan=2|Total

!56

05050colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—660
rowspan="8"|Standard Liège

|2015–16

|Belgian Pro League

|7

010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—80
2016–17

|rowspan="6"|Belgian First Division A

|18

000colspan="2"|—5010240
2017–18

|32

160colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—381
2018–19

|30

100colspan="2"|—7010381
2019–20

|8

021colspan="2"|—30colspan="2"|—131
2020–21

|19

010colspan="2"|—80colspan="2"|—280
2021–22

|11

120colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—131
colspan="2"|Total

!125

3121colspan="2"|—230201624
rowspan="3"|Al-Tai

|2021–22

|rowspan="2"|Saudi Pro League

|9

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—90
2022–23

|25

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—250
colspan="2"|Total

!34

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—340
Radnički Niš

|2023–24

|Serbian SuperLiga

|7

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—0070
colspan="3"|Career total

!222

317150230202694

=International=

{{Updated|matches played on 7 December 2023}}{{NFT|54026}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="12"|Cameroon

|2012

10
201300
201400
201510
201610
2017150
201860
201990
202010
202160
2022150
202310
colspan="2"|Total560

Honours

Union Douala

  • Cameroon Premiere Division: 2011–12{{cite web|url=http://en.starafrica.com/football/cameroonfai-collins-joins-romanian-side-dinamo.html|title=Cameroon: Fai Collins joins Romanian side Dinamo|publisher=Star Africa|date=19 June 2013}}

Standard Liège

Cameroon

  • Africa Cup of Nations: 2017; third place: 2022{{Cite news|last=AfricaNews|title=Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place {{!}} Africanews|language=en|work=Africanews|url=https://www.africanews.com/2022/02/06/cameroon-beats-burkina-faso-to-end-afcon-2021-in-third-place/#:~:text=Cameroon%20made%20a%20spectacular%20comeback,third%20place%20in%20the%20AFCON.|access-date=6 February 2022}}

References

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