Ulisses Garcia

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Garciaand the second or paternal family name is Lopes.

Ulisses Garcia

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 29)
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)
2022–2023	Young Boys U21	3	(1)
2024–	Marseille	24	(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, correct as of 21:18, 19 January 2025 (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.

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 11 January 2025 ^{[11] [12]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		Europe		Total
		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	10	2	0	0	—		10	2
	Total		23	2	1	0	0	0	24	2
Career total			198	13	22	1	32	2	250	14

1. Includes DFB-Pokal, Swiss Cup, Coupe de France
2. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
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

International

As of match played 15 October 2024 ^[13]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Switzerland	2021	4	0
	2023	3	0
	2024	2	0
Total		9	0

Honours

Young Boys

• Swiss Super League: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23 ^{[14] [15]}
• Swiss Cup: 2019–20, 2022–23 ^[16]

Individual

• Swiss Super League Top assists provider: 2022–23 (shared) ^[17]
• Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2018–19, ^[18] 2019–20, ^[19] 2020–21, ^[20] 2021–22 ^[21]

References

1. "FC Sion vs. Grasshoppers - 18 May 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
2. "Werder sign Felix Wiedwald and Ulisses Garcia". werder.de. Werder Bremen. 26 May 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
3. "Gewinner und Verlierer bei Werder" [Winners and losers at Werder] (in German). Kicker. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
4. "Ulisses Garcia" (in German). Kicker Online. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
5. Ruch, Fabian (19 June 2018). "YB bleibt seiner Philosophie treu". Berner Oberländer (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2018.
6. "Ulisses Garcia est Olympien!" [Ulisses Garcia is an Olympian!]. om.fr (in French). 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
7. "Official | Ulisses Garcia joins Marseille on four-and-a-half-year deal". Get Football News France. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
8. Switzerland national under-21 football team
9. "Switzerland Squad". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
10. "Switzerland v Greece game report". ESPN. 1 September 2021.
11. "Ulisses Garcia » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
12. Ulisses Garcia at Soccerway
13. Ulisses Garcia at National-Football-Teams.com
14. "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 18 October 2020.
15. "Young Boys seal third straight Swiss title". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
16. "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
17. "Assists". Swiss Football League . 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
18. "SAFP Golden 11 2019". Golden11. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
19. "SAFP Golden 11 2019". Golden11. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
20. "SAFP Golden 11 – Super League 2021". Golden11. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
21. Ren (16 May 2023). "SAFP GOLDEN 11 2022-23, Super League winners". Golden11. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

External links

• Profile at the Olypique de Marseille website
• Ulisses Garcia – UEFA competition record ( archive )