Collins Ngoran Fai (born 13 August 1992) is a Cameroonian professional footballer, who plays for Saudi Arabian club Al-Tai and the Cameroon national team. Mainly a right back,[4] he can also operate as a left back.
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Full name | Collins Ngoran Suiru Fai | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 30) | ||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bamenda, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right back, left back | ||||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al-Tai | ||||||||||||||||||
Number | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||
2005–2011 | FC Bamenda | ||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Union Douala[1] | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | → NQSA (loan)[1] | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Dinamo București | 56 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2022 | Standard Liège | 125 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||
2022– | Al-Tai | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||
Cameroon U21[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Cameroon U23[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
2012– | Cameroon[3] | 52 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:22, 8 September 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:28, 12 July 2019 (UTC) |
Collins Fai was born and raised in Bamenda, a city of the English-speaking part af Cameroon. He spent his entire youth career at local FC Bamenda.
Aged 19, Fai joined the Cameroonian top team of Union Douala.
In 2013, Collins 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.[5] On 29 January 2022, Fai joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Tai.[6]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
Total | 116 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 3 | |||
Career total | 172 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 217 | 3 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Cameroon | 2012 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | 0 | 0 | |
2014 | 0 | 0 | |
2015 | 1 | 0 | |
2016 | 1 | 0 | |
2017 | 14 | 0 | |
2018 | 6 | 0 | |
2019 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 28 | 0 |
Union Douala
Standard Liège
Cameroon
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