# Ulisses Garcia

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.

### Werder Bremen

On 26 May 2015, Werder Bremen announced their signing of Garcia. Garcia joined the Bundesliga club on a three-year contract. With Santiago García recovering from a long-standing injury, Ulisses Garcia went into the season as first-choice left back ahead of Janek Sternberg. Upon Santiago García's return, Ulisses Garcia was mostly deployed in left midfield.

### 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.

### 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.

## 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, 17 with the U21 team.
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.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 22 February 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Grasshoppers | 2013–14 | Swiss Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Grasshoppers | 2014–15 | Swiss Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Grasshoppers | Total | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Werder Bremen | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 |
| Werder Bremen | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 |
| Werder Bremen | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| Werder Bremen | Total | Total | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Werder Bremen II | 2015–16 | 3. Liga | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Werder Bremen II | 2016–17 | 3. Liga | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 |
| Werder Bremen II | 2017–18 | 3. Liga | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Werder Bremen II | Total | 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 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| Young Boys | 2019–20 | Swiss Super League | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| Young Boys | 2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| Young Boys | 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 2 |
| Young Boys | 2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 2 |
| Young Boys | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Young Boys | Total | Total | 142 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 191 | 11 |
| Young Boys U21 | 2022–23 | Swiss Promotion League | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Young Boys U21 | 2023–24 | Swiss Promotion League | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Young Boys U21 | Total | Total | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 |
| Marseille | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Marseille | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 2 |
| Marseille | Total | Total | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 201 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 253 | 14 |
* ↑ Includes DFB-Pokal, Swiss Cup, Coupe de France
* ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
* 1 2 3 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 15 October 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Switzerland | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 9 | 0 |

## Honours

Young Boys
* Swiss Super League: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23
* Swiss Cup: 2019–20, 2022–23

### Individual

* Swiss Super League Top assists provider: 2022–23 (shared)
* Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22