Willy Boly is a centre-back born in Melun, France, in 1991. He came through Auxerre and later played for Braga and Porto before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers, first on loan and then permanently, helping Wolves win the 2017-18 EFL Championship. He moved to Nottingham Forest in 2022. Boly represented France at youth level before switching to Ivory Coast in 2020 and was part of the squad that won the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.