Ulisses Garcia
Footballer (born 1996)
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Ulisses Alexandre Garcia Lopes (born 11 January 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left-back for French side Marseille. Born in Portugal to parents of Cape Verdean descent and raised in Switzerland, he plays for the Switzerland national team.
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Garcia warming up for Olympique Marseille in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Marseille | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2009 | FC Onex | ||
| 2009–2011 | Servette | ||
| 2011–2014 | Grasshoppers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Grasshoppers II | 34 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Grasshoppers | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Werder Bremen II | 8 | (1) |
| 2015–2018 | Werder Bremen | 19 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Nürnberg (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2024 | Young Boys | 142 | (9) |
| 2018–2023 | Young Boys II | 4 | (1) |
| 2024– | Marseille | 37 | (2) |
| 2026 | → Sassuolo (loan) | 13 | (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 | 11 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:56, 7 June 2025 (UTC) | |||
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]
On 2 February 2026, Garcia joined Sassuolo in Italy on loan with an option to buy.[8]
International career
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,[9] 17 with the U21 team.[10]
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.[11]
Career statistics
Club
| 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 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
| Sassuolo (loan) | 2025–26 | Serie A | 8 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 220 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 274 | 15 | ||
- Includes DFB-Pokal, Swiss Cup, Coupe de France
- Appearance in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- One appearance in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
- One appearance in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
- As of match played 7 June 2025[14]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 0 | |
