Collins Fai

Collins Ngoran Fai (born 13 August 1992) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for the Cameroon national team. Mainly a right back,^[5] he can also operate as a left back.

Collins Fai

Fai with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name	Collins Ngoran Suiru Fai
Date of birth	(1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Bamenda, Cameroon
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right back, left back
Youth career
2005–2011	PWD Bamenda
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2013	Union Douala[2]	18	(0)
2013	→ NQSA (loan)[2]	6	(1)
2013–2016	Dinamo București	56	(0)
2016–2022	Standard Liège	125	(3)
2022–2023	Al-Tai	34	(0)
2024	Radnički Niš	7	(0)
2025	Sloboda Tuzla	6	(0)
International career‡
	Cameroon U21[3]
	Cameroon U23[3]
2012–	Cameroon[4]	56	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations Winner 2017 Gabon 2021 Cameroon
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 April 2024

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.^[6] On 29 January 2022, Fai joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Tai.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 April 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		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		11	1	2	0	—		—		—		13	1
	Total		125	3	12	1	—		23	0	2	0	162	4
Al-Tai	2021–22	Saudi Pro League	9	0	0	0	—		—		—		9	0
	2022–23		25	0	0	0	—		—		—		25	0
	Total		34	0	0	0	—		—		—		34	0
Radnički Niš	2023–24	Serbian SuperLiga	7	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	7	0
Career total			222	3	17	1	5	0	23	0	2	0	269	4

International

As of matches played on 7 December 2023^[8]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
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
Total		56	0

Honours

Union Douala

• Cameroon Premiere Division: 2011–12^[2]

Standard Liège

• Belgian Cup: 2015–16, 2017–18

Cameroon

• Africa Cup of Nations: 2017; third place: 2022^[9]