{{short description|Cameroonian footballer (born 1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Collins Fai | image = Fai Collins.jpg | caption = Fai with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | full_name = Collins Ngoran Suiru Fai | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1992|8|13}} | birth_place = Bamenda, Cameroon | height = 1.65 m<ref name="FIFA 2022">{{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}}</ref> | position = Right back, left back | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2005–2011 | youthclubs1 = FC Bamenda | years1 = 2011–2013 | clubs1 = Union Douala<ref name=reddog /> | caps1 = 40 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2013 | clubs2 = → NQSA (loan)<ref name=reddog /> | 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 | years7 = 2025 | clubs7 = Sloboda Tuzla | caps7 = 6 | goals7 = 0 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = Cameroon U21<ref name=dinamo>{{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}}</ref> | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 = | nationalteam2 = Cameroon U23<ref name=dinamo /> | nationalcaps2 = | nationalgoals2 = | nationalyears3 = 2012– | nationalteam3 = Cameroon<ref>{{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}}</ref> | nationalcaps3 = 56 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | pcupdate = 27 June 2025 | 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,<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> On 29 January 2022, Fai joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Tai.<ref>{{cite web |title=الطائي يتعاقد مع الظهير الأيمن الكاميروني كولينز فاي |work=جريدة الرياض |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/1932186}}</ref>
==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 |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Dinamo București |2013–14 |rowspan="3"|Liga I |11||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||0 |- |2014–15 |24||0||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||0 |- |2015–16 |21||0||3||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !56!!0!!5!!0!!5!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!66!!0 |- |rowspan="8"|Standard Liège |2015–16 |Belgian Pro League |7||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||0 |- |2016–17 |rowspan="6"|Belgian First Division A |18||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||5||0||1||0||24||0 |- |2017–18 |32||1||6||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||38||1 |- |2018–19 |30||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||7||0||1||0||38||1 |- |2019–20 |8||0||2||1||colspan="2"|—||3||0||colspan="2"|—||13||1 |- |2020–21 |19||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||8||0||colspan="2"|—||28||0 |- |2021–22 |11||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !125!!3!!12!!1!!colspan="2"|—!!23!!0!!2!!0!!162!!4 |- |rowspan="3"|Al-Tai |2021–22 |rowspan="2"|Saudi Pro League |9||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||9||0 |- |2022–23 |25||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !34!!0!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!34!!0 |- |Radnički Niš |2023–24 |Serbian SuperLiga |7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||7||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !222!!3!!17!!1!!5!!0!!23!!0!!2!!0!!269!!4 |}
===International=== {{Updated|matches played on 7 December 2023}}<ref name="nft">{{NFT|54026}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="12"|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 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!56!!0 |}
==Honours== '''Union Douala''' *Cameroon Premiere Division: 2011–12<ref name=reddog>{{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}}</ref>
'''Standard Liège''' *Belgian Cup: 2015–16, 2017–18
'''Cameroon''' *Africa Cup of Nations: 2017; third place: 2022<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Worldfootball.net|collins-fai|new_id=pe321278}} * {{Soccerway|collins-fai/300093}}
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