Collins Fai
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| Full name | Collins Ngoran Suiru Fai | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bamenda, Cameroon | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right back, left back | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team 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) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon U21[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon U23[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Cameroon[3] | 52 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 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.
Early life
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.
Club career
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]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 8 September 2021
| 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 | ||
International
- As of matches played on 12 July 2019[7]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Honours
Union Douala
- Cameroon Premiere Division: 2011–12[1]
Standard Liège
Cameroon
- Africa Cup of Nations: 2017: Winner
- Africa Cup of Nations 2022: Third place[8]
References
- ^ a b c "Cameroon: Fai Collins joins Romanian side Dinamo". Star Africa. 19 June 2013.
- ^ a b "L-a impresionat pe Mulţescu de la primul antrenament şi a semnat! Collins Fai e "câine"" (in Romanian). Prosport. 20 June 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "🇨🇲 Fai Collins completes move to Al_Tai FC as he continues to impress at AFCON". KICK442. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Emond knikt Standard na verlengingen naar bekerwinst". Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "الطائي يتعاقد مع الظهير الأيمن الكاميروني كولينز فاي".
- ^ Collins Fai at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ AfricaNews. "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place | Africanews". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
External links
- Collins Fai at WorldFootball.net
- Collins Fai at Soccerway
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