Ulisses Garcia

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Ulisses Garcia
Garcia, Ulisses Werder 17-18 WP.jpg
Garcia training with Werder Bremen in 2017
Personal information
Full name Ulisses Alexandre Garcia Lopes
Date of birth (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Almada, Portugal
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Marseille
Number 6
Youth career
2004–2009 FC Onex
2009–2011 Servette
2011–2014 Grasshoppers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Grasshoppers 1 (0)
2016–2017 Werder Bremen II 8 (1)
2015–2018 Werder Bremen 19 (0)
2018 → 1. FC Nürnberg (loan) 2 (0)
2018–2024 Young Boys 142 (9)
2024– Marseille 21 (1)
International career‡
2011 Switzerland U16 2 (0)
2013–2014 Switzerland U18 7 (0)
2014 Switzerland U19 7 (1)
2017 Switzerland U20 2 (0)
2015–2018 Switzerland U21 17 (1)
2021– Switzerland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:20, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:36, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Ulisses Alexandre Garcia Lopes (born 11 January 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Marseille. Born in Portugal, he plays for the Switzerland national team.

Contents

Club career

Early career

Garcia is a youth exponent from Grasshopper Club Zürich. He made his Swiss Super League debut at 18 May 2014 against FC Sion. He played the full game, which ended in a 3–1 defeat in Sion. [1]

Werder Bremen

On 26 May 2015, Werder Bremen announced their signing of Garcia. Garcia joined the Bundesliga club on a three-year contract. [2] With Santiago García recovering from a long-standing injury, Ulisses Garcia went into the season as first-choice left back ahead of Janek Sternberg. [3] Upon Santiago García's return, Ulisses Garcia was mostly deployed in left midfield. [4]

Young Boys

In June 2018, Garcia joined Swiss Super League side BSC Young Boys on a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Werder Bremen was reported as €800,000. [5]

Marseille

In January 2024, Garcia signed for Ligue 1 club Marseille on a four-and-a-half-year deal for a reported fee of €3 million. [6] [7]

International career

Born in Portugal to parents of Cape Verdean descent and raised in Switzerland, Garcia is eligible to play for all three countries. However, he has appeared exclusively for Switzerland in youth international, with seven appearances for the Swiss U19s, [8] 17 with the U21 team. [9]

He was first called up to the Switzerland national football team in June 2017 for games against Belarus and Faroe Islands, but did not play. He made his debut on 1 September 2021 in a friendly against Greece, a 2–1 home victory. He substituted Silvan Widmer at half-time. [10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 December 2024 [11] [12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grasshoppers 2013–14 Swiss Super League 1000000010
2014–15 Swiss Super League00001 [b] 00010
Total1000100020
Werder Bremen 2015–16 Bundesliga 11020——130
2016–17 Bundesliga7000——70
2017–18 Bundesliga1020——30
Total1904000—230
Werder Bremen II 2015–16 3. Liga 40———40
2016–17 3. Liga31———31
2017–18 3. Liga10———10
Total81———81
1. FC Nürnberg (loan) 2017–18 2. Bundesliga 20———20
Young Boys 2018–19 Swiss Super League233412 [c] 0—294
2019–20 Swiss Super League261607 [d] 0—391
2020–21 Swiss Super League251008 [e] 0—331
2021–22 Swiss Super League272106 [c] 2—342
2022–23 Swiss Super League271402 [f] 21 [g] 1332
2023–24 Swiss Super League141206 [c] 02 [g] 0221
Total14291713123119111
Marseille 2023–24 Ligue 1 1301000—140
2024–25 Ligue 18100——81
Total2111000—221
Career total193112213223124813
  1. ↑ Includes DFB-Pokal, Swiss Cup, Coupe de France
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  7. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Swiss Promotion League

International

As of match played 15 October 2024 [13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 202140
202330
202420
Total90

Honours

Young Boys

Individual

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