Ulisses Garcia

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Garcia and the second or paternal family name is Lopes.
Ulisses Garcia
Garcia, Ulisses Werder 17-18 WP.jpg
Garcia training with Werder Bremen in 2017
Personal information
Full name Ulisses Alexandre Garcia Lopes
Date of birth (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Almada, Portugal
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Young Boys
Number 21
Youth career
2009–2011 Servette
2011–2014 Grasshoppers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Grasshoppers 1 (0)
2016–2018 Werder Bremen II 8 (1)
2015–2018 Werder Bremen 19 (0)
2018 → 1. FC Nürnberg (loan) 2 (0)
2018– Young Boys 49 (4)
National team
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 August 2020

Ulisses Alexandre Garcia Lopes (born 11 January 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left-back for BSC Young Boys.

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]

International career[]

Born in Portugal to parents of Cape Verdean descent and raised in Switzerland, Garcia is eligible for all three countries. However, he has appeared exclusively for Switzerland in youth international, with seven appearances for the Swiss U19s,[6] 17 with the U21 team.[7]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 1 September 2020[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grasshopper Zurich 2013–14 Swiss Super League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2014–15 0 0 0 0 1[a] 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 7 0 0 0 — 7 0
2017–18 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 1 — — 3 1
2017–18 1 0 — — 1 0
Total 8 1 — — 8 1
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 26 1 6 0 7 0 39 1
2020–21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 49 4 10 1 9 0 68 5
Career total 79 5 14 1 10 0 103 6
  1. ^ Appearance in the Europa League

Honours[]

Young Boys

References[]

  1. ^ "FC Sion vs. Grasshoppers - 18 May 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Werder sign Felix Wiedwald and Ulisses Garcia". werder.de. Werder Bremen. 26 May 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Gewinner und Verlierer bei Werder" [Winners and losers at Werder] (in German). Kicker. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Ulisses Garcia" (in German). Kicker Online. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  5. ^ Ruch, Fabian (19 June 2018). "YB bleibt seiner Philosophie treu". Berner Oberländer (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  6. ^ Switzerland national under-21 football team
  7. ^ "Switzerland Squad". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  8. ^ "Ulisses Garcia » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  9. ^ "U. Garcia". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Young Boys seal third straight Swiss title". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2020.

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