![]() Garcia training with Olympique Marseille in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ulisses Alexandre Garcia Lopes | ||
Date of birth | 11 January 1996 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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 | 35 | (2) |
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 as of 22:11, 23 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:36, 15 October 2024 (UTC) |
Ulisses Alexandre Garcia Lopes (born 11 January 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Marseille. Born in Portugal to parents of Cape Verdean descent and raised in Switzerland, he plays for the Switzerland national team.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Grasshoppers | 2013–14 | Swiss Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2014–15 | Swiss Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Werder Bremen | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
2016–17 | Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
Werder Bremen II | 2015–16 | 3. Liga | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | 3. Liga | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
2017–18 | 3. Liga | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 8 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||||
1. FC Nürnberg (loan) | 2017–18 | 2. Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Young Boys | 2018–19 | Swiss Super League | 23 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 [c] | 0 | 29 | 4 |
2019–20 | Swiss Super League | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 [d] | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 [e] | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 [c] | 2 | 34 | 2 | |
2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 [f] | 2 | 33 | 2 | |
2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 [c] | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
Total | 142 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 191 | 11 | ||
Young Boys U21 | 2022–23 | Swiss Promotion League | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
2023–24 | Swiss Promotion League | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 3 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 | ||||
Marseille | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | ||
2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
Career total | 209 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 261 | 14 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Switzerland | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
2023 | 3 | 0 | |
2024 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 9 | 0 |
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