Ulisses Alexandre Garcia Lopes (born 11 January 1996) is a professional

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who plays as a left-back for

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club Young Boys. Born in

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, he represents the Switzerland national team.

Club career

Early career

Garcia is a youth exponent from

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. He made his

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

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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

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. Upon Santiago García's return, Ulisses Garcia was mostly deployed in left midfield.

Young Boys

In June 2018, Garcia joined

side

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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

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

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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

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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 *

: 2018–19, 2019–20 *

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: 2019–20 Individual *Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2018–19,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Ulisses 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 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