# Collins Fai
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{{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](/source/Cameroon_national_football_team) at the [2021 Africa Cup of Nations](/source/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](/source/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](/source/FIFA) |page=5 |date=15 November 2022 |access-date=3 December 2022}}]
| position = [Right back](/source/Right_back), [left back](/source/left_back)
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2005–2011
| youthclubs1 = [FC Bamenda](/source/FC_Bamenda)
| years1 = 2011–2013
| clubs1 = [Union Douala](/source/Union_Douala)[{{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](/source/Prosport)|date=20 June 2013|language=Romanian}}]
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 =
| nationalteam2 = [Cameroon U23](/source/Cameroon_national_under-23_football_team)[{{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 2025
| ntupdate = 7 April 2024
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [football](/source/association_football)}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|CMR}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Africa Cup of Nations](/source/Africa_Cup_of_Nations)}}
{{Medal|W|[2017 Gabon](/source/2017_Africa_Cup_of_Nations)|}}
{{Medal|3rd|[2021 Cameroon](/source/2021_Africa_Cup_of_Nations)|}}
}}
'''Collins Ngoran Fai''' (born 13 August 1992) is a Cameroonian professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who plays for the [Cameroon national team](/source/Cameroon_national_football_team). Mainly a [right back](/source/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](/source/left_back).
==Early life==
Collins Fai was born and raised in [Bamenda](/source/Bamenda), a city of the [English-speaking part of Cameroon](/source/Anglophone_Cameroonian). He spent his entire youth career at local [FC Bamenda](/source/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](/source/FC_Dinamo_Bucure%C8%99ti).
In January 2016, Fai joined [Standard Liège](/source/Standard_Li%C3%A8ge) in Belgium. On 17 March 2018, Fai played as [Standard Liège](/source/Standard_Li%C3%A8ge) beat [Genk](/source/K.R.C._Genk) 1–0 in extra time to win the [2018 Belgian Cup Final](/source/2018_Belgian_Cup_Final) and qualify for the [UEFA Europa League](/source/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](/source/Al-Tai_FC).[{{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
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4"|[Dinamo București](/source/FC_Dinamo_Bucure%C8%99ti)
|[2013–14](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_Liga_I)
|rowspan="3"|[Liga I](/source/Liga_I)
|11||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||0
|-
|[2014–15](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_Liga_I)
|24||0||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||0
|-
|[2015–16](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Liga_I)
|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](/source/Standard_Li%C3%A8ge)
|[2015–16](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Belgian_Pro_League)
|[Belgian Pro League](/source/Belgian_Pro_League)
|7||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||0
|-
|[2016–17](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_Belgian_First_Division_A)
|rowspan="6"|[Belgian First Division A](/source/Belgian_First_Division_A)
|18||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||5||0||1||0||24||0
|-
|[2017–18](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_Belgian_First_Division_A)
|32||1||6||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||38||1
|-
|[2018–19](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Standard_Li%C3%A8ge_season)
|30||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||7||0||1||0||38||1
|-
|[2019–20](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_Standard_Li%C3%A8ge_season)
|8||0||2||1||colspan="2"|—||3||0||colspan="2"|—||13||1
|-
|[2020–21](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Standard_Li%C3%A8ge_season)
|19||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||8||0||colspan="2"|—||28||0
|-
|[2021–22](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_Standard_Li%C3%A8ge_season)
|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](/source/Al-Tai_FC)
|[2021–22](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_Saudi_Pro_League)
|rowspan="2"|[Saudi Pro League](/source/Saudi_Pro_League)
|9||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||9||0
|-
|[2022–23](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_Saudi_Pro_League)
|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](/source/FK_Radni%C4%8Dki_Ni%C5%A1)
|[2023–24](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_Serbian_SuperLiga)
|[Serbian SuperLiga](/source/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}}[{{NFT|54026}}]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="12"|[Cameroon](/source/Cameroon_national_football_team)
|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](/source/Elite_One): 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'''
*[Belgian Cup](/source/Belgian_Cup): [2015–16](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Belgian_Cup), [2017–18](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_Belgian_Cup)
'''Cameroon'''
*[Africa Cup of Nations](/source/Africa_Cup_of_Nations): [2017](/source/2017_Africa_Cup_of_Nations); third place: [2022](/source/2021_Africa_Cup_of_Nations)[{{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==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Worldfootball.net|collins-fai|new_id=pe321278}}
* {{Soccerway|collins-fai/300093}}
{{Navboxes
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{{Cameroon squad 2017 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Cameroon squad 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup}}
{{Cameroon squad 2019 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Cameroon squad 2021 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Cameroon squad 2022 FIFA World Cup}}
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Category:1992 births
Category:Living people
Category:Sportspeople from Bamenda
Category:People from Northwest Region (Cameroon)
Category:Cameroonian men's footballers
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Category:Cameroon men's international footballers
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