Ulisses Garcia Lopes
Defender
Switzerland
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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) | |||
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.
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.
On 2 February 2026, Garcia joined Sassuolo in Italy on loan with an option to buy.
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, 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 4 April 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup | 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 | 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 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| 2019–20 | Swiss Super League | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| 2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 2 | |
| 2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 2 | |
| 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 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 | 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
- ^ a b c d 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
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 0 | |
Honours
Young Boys
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
References
External links
- Profile at the Olypique de Marseille website
- Ulisses Garcia – UEFA competition record (archive)
