Ulisses Garcia
{{short description|Footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Portuguese name|Garcia|Lopes}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ulisses Garcia
| image = Garcia, Ulisses Werder 17-18 WP.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Garcia training with Werder Bremen in 2017
| full_name = Ulisses Alexandre Garcia Lopes
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|1|11}}
| birth_place = Almada, Portugal
| height = 1.82 m
| currentclub = Marseille
| clubnumber = 6
| position = Left-back
| youthyears1 = 2004–2009
| youthclubs1 = FC Onex
| youthyears2 = 2009–2011
| youthclubs2 = Servette
| youthyears3 = 2011–2014
| youthclubs3 = Grasshoppers
| years1 = 2014–2015
| clubs1 = Grasshoppers
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2016–2017
| clubs2 = Werder Bremen II
| caps2 = 8
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2015–2018
| clubs3 = Werder Bremen
| caps3 = 19
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2018
| clubs4 = → 1. FC Nürnberg (loan)
| caps4 = 2
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2018–2024
| clubs5 = Young Boys
| caps5 = 142
| goals5 = 9
| years6 = 2022–2023
| clubs6 = Young Boys U21
| caps6 = 3
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2024–
| clubs7 = Marseille
| caps7 = 31
| goals7 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2011
| nationalteam1 = Switzerland U16
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2013–2014
| nationalteam2 = Switzerland U18
| nationalcaps2 = 7
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2014
| nationalteam3 = Switzerland U19
| nationalcaps3 = 7
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2017
| nationalteam4 = Switzerland U20
| nationalcaps4 = 2
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| nationalyears5 = 2015–2018
| nationalteam5 = Switzerland U21
| nationalcaps5 = 17
| nationalgoals5 = 1
| nationalyears6 = 2021–
| nationalteam6 = Switzerland
| nationalcaps6 = 9
| nationalgoals6 = 0
| club-update = 21:36, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 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.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/05/18/switzerland/super-league/fc-sion/grasshopper-club-zurich/1481360/|title= FC Sion vs. Grasshoppers - 18 May 2014 - Soccerway|publisher=soccerway.com|access-date=21 August 2014}}
=Werder Bremen=
On 26 May 2015, Werder Bremen announced their signing of Garcia. Garcia joined the Bundesliga club on a three-year contract.{{cite web|title=Werder sign Felix Wiedwald and Ulisses Garcia|url=https://www.werder.de/en/news/news/en-news-import/150526-transfers|website=werder.de|publisher=Werder Bremen|access-date=26 May 2015|date=26 May 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526162124/http://www.werder.de/en/profis/54774.php|archive-date=26 May 2015}} With Santiago García recovering from a long-standing injury, Ulisses Garcia went into the season as first-choice left back ahead of Janek Sternberg.{{cite web|title=Gewinner und Verlierer bei Werder|trans-title=Winners and losers at Werder|url=https://www.kicker.de/gewinner-und-verlierer-bei-werder-632276/slideshow|publisher=Kicker|access-date=22 August 2015|language=de|date=4 August 2015}} Upon Santiago García's return, Ulisses Garcia was mostly deployed in left midfield.{{cite web|title=Ulisses Garcia|url=https://www.kicker.de/ulisses-garcia/spieler/ligue-1/2024-25/olympique-marseille|publisher=Kicker Online|access-date=25 October 2015|language=de}}
=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.{{cite news |last1=Ruch |first1=Fabian |title=YB bleibt seiner Philosophie treu |url=https://www.berneroberlaender.ch/sport/fussball/yb-holt-u21captain-ulisses-garcia/story/15292742 |access-date=20 June 2018 |work=Berner Oberländer |date=19 June 2018 |language=de}}
=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.om.fr/fr/actualites/4803/equipe-1ere/82641-ulisses-garcia-est-olympien|trans-title=Ulisses Garcia is an Olympian!|title=Ulisses Garcia est Olympien!|language=French|website=om.fr|date=16 January 2024|accessdate=16 January 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2024/official-ulisses-garcia-joins-marseille-on-four-and-a-half-year-deal/|title=Official {{!}} Ulisses Garcia joins Marseille on four-and-a-half-year deal|publisher=Get Football News France|date=16 January 2024|accessdate=16 January 2024}}
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,Switzerland national under-21 football team 17 with the U21 team.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/history/teams/200128--switzerland/|title=Switzerland Squad|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations}}
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.{{cite web|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/lineups?gameId=594176|title=Switzerland v Greece game report|date=1 September 2021}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 12 April 2025}}{{cite web |title=Ulisses Garcia » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ulisses-garcia/2/ |website=WorldFootball.net |access-date=26 February 2021}}{{Soccerway|ulisses-alexandre-garcia-lopes/341751}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes DFB-Pokal, Swiss Cup, Coupe de France}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Grasshoppers
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014–15
|Swiss Super League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| rowspan="4"|Werder Bremen
|11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17
|Bundesliga |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18
|Bundesliga |1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| rowspan="4"|Werder Bremen II
|4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17
|3. Liga |3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18
|3. Liga |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!8 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 1 | |||
| 1. FC Nürnberg (loan)
|2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="7"|Young Boys
|Swiss Super League |23 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 29 | 4 | |
| 2019–20
|Swiss Super League |26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7{{efn|One appearance in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| 2020–21
|Swiss Super League |25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8{{efn|One appearance in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| 2021–22
|Swiss Super League |27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6{{efn|name=UCL}} | 2 | 34 | 2 | |
| 2022–23
|Swiss Super League |27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 2 | 33 | 2 | |
| 2023–24
|Swiss Super League |14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!142 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 191 | 11 | |
| rowspan="3"|Young Boys U21
|1 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24
|Swiss Promotion League |2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!3 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 3 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Marseille
|13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2024–25
|Ligue 1 |16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!204 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 256 | 14 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played 15 October 2024}}{{NFT player}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals | ||
| rowspan="3"|Switzerland
|2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total | 9 | 0 |
|---|
Honours
Young Boys
- Swiss Super League: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/soccer/young-boys-wins-swiss-league-title-in-54th-week-of-season/2020/07/31/59092fea-d36e-11ea-826b-cc394d824e35_story.html|access-date=18 October 2020|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web|title=Young Boys seal third straight Swiss title|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/news/_n4120021_/young-boys-seal-third-straight-swiss-title/|access-date=19 October 2020|website=worldfootball.net|language=en}}
- Swiss Cup: 2019–20, 2022–23{{Cite web|title=Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate|url=https://www.football.ch//sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2020/cp-3954/cr-109/tg-3452936/|access-date=18 October 2020|website=www.football.ch|language=de}}
=Individual=
- Swiss Super League Top assists provider: 2022–23 (shared){{cite web|url=https://www.sfl.ch/statistiken/credit-suisse-super-league/spieler/detail/2022-2023/competition/CSSL/detail/96/reverse/1/field/assists/|title=Assists|website=Swiss Football League|date=22 January 2023|access-date=22 January 2023}}
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2018–19,{{Cite web |date=2020-01-30 |title=SAFP Golden 11 2019 |url=https://golden11.ch/awards/2019 |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Golden11 |language=en-US}} 2019–20,{{Cite web |date=2020-01-30 |title=SAFP Golden 11 2019 |url=https://golden11.ch/awards/2019 |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Golden11 |language=en-US}} 2020–21,{{Cite web |date=2022-01-20 |title=SAFP Golden 11 – Super League 2021 |url=https://golden11.ch/awards/safp-golden-11-super-league-2021 |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Golden11 |language=en-US}} 2021–22{{Cite web |last=Ren |date=2023-05-16 |title=SAFP GOLDEN 11 2022-23, Super League winners |url=https://golden11.ch/awards/safp-golden-11-2022-23-super-league-winners |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Golden11 |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.om.fr/en/team/5073/5183/defender/82644-ulisses-garcia Profile] at the Olypique de Marseille website
- {{UEFA player}}
{{Olympique de Marseille squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Ulisses}}
Category:Footballers from Almada
Category:Swiss men's footballers
Category:Portuguese men's footballers
Category:Swiss people of Cape Verdean descent
Category:Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent
Category:Cape Verdean emigrants to Switzerland
Category:Portuguese emigrants to Switzerland
Category:Black Portuguese sportspeople
Category:Switzerland men's international footballers
Category:Switzerland men's youth international footballers
Category:Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Swiss Super League players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Grasshopper Club Zurich players
Category:SV Werder Bremen players
Category:SV Werder Bremen II players
Category:1. FC Nürnberg players
Category:BSC Young Boys players
Category:Olympique de Marseille players
Category:Swiss expatriate men's footballers
Category:Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
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