Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ulisses Alexandre Garcia Lopes | ||
Date of birth | 11 January 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Almada, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.83 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 | 13 | (0) |
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 | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:40, 21 November 2023 (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.
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Grasshoppers | 2013–14 | Swiss Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2014–15 | Swiss Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 29 | 4 | |
2019–20 | Swiss Super League | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 39 | 1 | ||
2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 2] | 2 | — | 34 | 2 | ||
2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 5] | 2 | 1 [lower-alpha 6] | 1 | 33 | 2 | |
2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
Total | 142 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 191 | 11 | ||
Marseille | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
Career total | 185 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 240 | 12 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Switzerland | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
2023 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 7 | 0 |
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