Collins Ngoran Fai (born 13 August 1992) is a Cameroonian professional

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who plays for the Cameroon national team. Mainly a

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, he can also operate as a

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Early life

Collins Fai was born and raised in

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, a city of the English-speaking part of Cameroon. He spent his entire youth career at local

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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

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. In January 2016, Fai joined Standard Liège in

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. 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

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. On 29 January 2022, Fai joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Tai.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Union Douala *

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: 2011–12 Standard Liège * Belgian Cup: 2015–16, 2017–18 Cameroon *

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

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; third place:

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* * 1992 births Living people People from Bamenda People from Northwest Region (Cameroon) Cameroonian men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Cameroon men's international footballers 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Union Douala players FC Dinamo București players Standard Liège players Al-Tai FC players FK Radnički Niš players Liga I players Belgian Pro League players Saudi Pro League players Serbian SuperLiga players Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia {{Cameroon-footy-defender-stub