Ulisses Alexandre Garcia Lopes (born 11 January 1996) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
left-back for
Swiss Super League
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club
Young Boys. Born in
Portugal
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, he represents the
Switzerland national team.
Club career
Early career
Garcia is a youth exponent from
Grasshopper Club Zürich
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. He made his
Swiss Super League
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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
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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
Janek Sternberg (born 19 October 1992) is a German professional footballer who most recently played as a left-back for Hallescher FC.
Club career
Sternberg joined Werder Bremen in 2013 from Hamburger SV. After initially playing matches with We ...
. Upon Santiago García's return, Ulisses Garcia was mostly deployed in left midfield.
Young Boys
In June 2018, Garcia joined
Swiss Super League
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side
BSC Young Boys
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on a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Werder Bremen was reported as €800,000.
International career
Born in
Portugal
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to parents of
Cape Verdean descent and raised in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, Garcia is eligible 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
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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
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, a 2–1 home victory. He substituted
Silvan Widmer
Silvan Dominic Widmer (born 5 March 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club Mainz 05 and the Switzerland national team.
Club career
Widmer began his playing career at SV Würenlos and FC Baden befo ...
at half-time.
Career statistics
Club
Honours
Young Boys
*
Swiss Super League
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:
2018–19,
2019–20
*
Swiss Cup
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:
2019–20
Individual
*Swiss Super League Team of the Year:
2018–19,
2020–21
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References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Almada
Association football fullbacks
Swiss men's footballers
Switzerland youth international footballers
Switzerland under-21 international footballers
Switzerland international footballers
Portuguese footballers
Swiss people of Cape Verdean descent
Swiss sportspeople of African descent
sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent">European sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent
Portuguese people of Cape Verdean descent
Swiss Super League players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Grasshopper Club Zürich players
SV Werder Bremen players
SV Werder Bremen II players
1. FC Nürnberg players
BSC Young Boys players
Swiss expatriate footballers
Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Germany