Ulisses Garcia

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

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Garcia and the second or paternal family name is Lopes.
Ulisses Garcia
Garcia training with Werder Bremen in 2017
Personal information
Full name Ulisses Alexandre Garcia Lopes
Date of birth (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996
Place of birth Almada, Portugal
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 BSC Young Boys
Youth career
2009–2011 Servette
2011–2014 Grasshopper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Grasshopper 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 42 (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 14:15, 14 April 2019 (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]

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 7 appearances for the Swiss U19s,[6] 17 with the U21 team.[7]

Career statistics
As of match played 20 June 2018[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grasshopper Zurich 2013–14 Swiss Super League 10000010
2014–15 00001[lower-alpha 1]010
Werder Bremen 2015–16 Bundesliga 11020—130
2016–17 7000—70
2017–18 1020—30
Total 1904000230
Werder Bremen II 2015–16 3. Liga 40——40
2016–17 31——31
2017–18 10——10
Total 81——81
Nürnberg (loan) 2017–18 2. Bundesliga 20——20
Young Boys 2018–19 Swiss Super League 233412 0294
2019–20 19 1 3 0 7 0 29 1
Total 42 4 7 1 9 0 58 5
Career totals 715111100936
  1. Appearance in the Europa League

References
  1. "FC Sion vs. Grasshoppers - 18 May 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  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. http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2017/teams/team=200128/index.html
  8. "U. Garcia". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 11 January 2018.


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