Ulisses Garcia
 Garcia training with Werder Bremen in 2017 | |||
| 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(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team 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) |
| 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) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:15, 14 April 2019 (UTC) | |||
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 7 appearances for the Swiss U19s,[6] 17 with the U21 team.[7]
Career statistics
- As of match played 20 June 2018[8]
| 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 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| Total | 42 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 58 | 5 | ||
| Career totals | 71 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 93 | 6 | ||
- ^ Appearance in the Europa League
References
- ^ "FC Sion vs. Grasshoppers - 18 May 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Gewinner und Verlierer bei Werder" [Winners and losers at Werder] (in German). Kicker. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Ulisses Garcia" (in German). Kicker Online. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Ruch, Fabian (19 June 2018). "YB bleibt seiner Philosophie treu". Berner Oberländer (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ Switzerland national under-21 football team
- ^ http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2017/teams/team=200128/index.html
- ^ "U. Garcia". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
External links
- Ulisses Garcia at Soccerway
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- Swiss people of Cape Verdean descent
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