Willy Boly

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Willy Boly
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Personnel
Surname Willy-Arnaud Zobo Boly
birthday 3rd February 1991
place of birth Melun ,  France
size 195 cm
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
2004-2007 INF Clairefontaine
2007-2011 AJ Auxerre
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2010-2014 AJ Auxerre B 27 (2)
2011-2014 AJ Auxerre 97 (3)
2014-2015 SC Braga B 16 (1)
2015-2016 SC Braga 25 (2)
2016-2018 FC Porto 4 (0)
2017-2018 →  Wolverhampton Wanderers  (loan) 36 (3)
2018– Wolverhampton Wanderers 44 (4)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2006 France U-16 1 (0)
2007-2008 France U-17 4 (0)
2010 France U-19 1 (0)
2011 France U-20 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of January 8, 2020

2 As of May 16, 2019

Willy-Arnaud Zobo Boly (born February 3, 1991 in Melun ) is a French professional footballer who plays as a central defender for the Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers .

Club career

Born in Melun ( Seine-et-Marne ), near Paris, Boly played youth football for various clubs and spent three years at the INF Clairefontaine academy . He later made his debut for AJ Auxerre's reserves , signing his first professional contract in February 2011 after agreeing to a three-year deal with an option for a fourth. On April 16, 2011, Boly made his Ligue 1 debut by playing the full 90 minutes in a 1-0 away win against Toulouse FC . He scored his first goal in the competition the following day in a 1-1 draw with RC Lens .

On September 1, 2014, Boly moved to Portugal and signed a four-year contract with SC Braga . He spent his first season with the B-team in the Segunda League . In his second season he was able to firmly establish himself in the first team and win the Taça de Portugal .

On August 31, 2016, Boly signed a five-year contract with FC Porto with a release clause of 45 million euros. However, he only played eight competitive games during his stay there. He made his debut in the Champions League in a 1-0 loss to Juventus Turin .

On July 8, 2017, Boly moved on loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers, a Football League Championship club , where he met his former head coach Nuno Espírito Santo again . He made his debut on Matchday 1 of the season in a 1-0 home win over Middlesbrough FC and scored his first goal on October 31 in a 2-0 away win over Norwich City .

After contributing to promotion in 37 official appearances, Boly signed a multi-year contract with the Wolves. He made his Premier League debut on August 11, 2018, in a 2-2 home draw against Everton . He scored his first goal in the competition two weeks later in a 1-1 draw with Manchester City .

National team

Boly's parents are from Ivory Coast . He played for various youth teams in France (U-16, U-17, U-19 and U-20).

titles and achievements

societies

SC Braga

Personal awards

Web links

Commons : Willy Boly  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Willy Boly: "Je me sens prêt" ( fr ) AJA Mag. April 16, 2011.
  2. ↑ Auxerre: W.Boly passe pro. In: Mercato 365. Retrieved on May 16, 2019 (fr-fr).
  3. ^ Boly à Braga (fr) . In: L'Équipe , September 1, 2014. 
  4. ↑ Wolverhampton brings top Porto talent Neves for club record sum. Retrieved May 16, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Middlesbrough . BBC Sports . 5th August 2017.
  6. ^ Norwich City 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers . BBC Sports. October 31, 2017.
  7. ↑ Benik Afobe and Willy Boly join Premier League new boys on permanent deals . Talk sports. June 1, 2018.
  8. ↑ Stuart James: Manchester City rely on Aymeric Laporte to share spoils with Wolves . In: The Guardian , August 25, 2018. 
  9. ↑ Football / Willy Boly (International Franco-ivoirien de l'AJ Auxerre en France) Tout sur ce défenseur central qui peut aider les Eléphants! ( fr ) News Abidjan. June 6, 2013. Accessed May 23, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Boly, Willy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boly, Willy-Arnaud Zobo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd February 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Melun , France