Steve Marlet

Steve Marlet

Personal information
Date of birth	10 January 1974 (1974-01-10)
Place of birth	Pithiviers, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Forward Winger
Club information
Current club	FC Red Star Saint-Ouen
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1991–1996	Red Star	137	(42)
1996–2000	Auxerre	107	(25)
2000–2001	Lyon	36	(13)
2001–2005	Fulham	54	(11)
2003–2005	→ Marseille (loan)	54	(16)
2005–2006	VfL Wolfsburg	21	(1)
2006–2007	Lorient	22	(1)
2009–2011	Aubervilliers	44	(22)
2011–	FC Red Star Saint-Ouen	?	(?)
Total		431	(109)
National team
2000–2004	France	23	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Steve Marlet (born 10 January 1974 in Pithiviers) is a French footballer who is currently playing for amateur club CM Aubervilliers. The forward was capped 23 times and scored six goals for the French national team.

Marlet held the record for Fulham's biggest transfer fee until July 2008, as Fulham paid £11.5 million for the player back in 2001–02, to Olympique Lyonnais. He only managed 11 goals in 54 games, as then-manager Jean Tigana was dismissed during the season. He played just one game in the 2003–04 season for Fulham as well as scoring in that game before he was loaned out to Olympique de Marseille for 18 months, with his sizeable contract still being paid by the English team, before his contract was cancelled.

Marlet's terrible performances for Fulham led to chairman Mohammed Al Fayed taking Tigana to court for the overpayment of Marlet. It was suspected that Tigana, who had ties to Olympique Lyonnais, signed Marlet for an exorbitant fee, taking a cut of the fee himself. The charges were quickly dropped.

Marlet joined FC Lorient in August 2006 from VfL Wolfsburg. After being released by Lorient, he went on trial with Ipswich Town and the Chicago Fire. As of October 2011, he is now playing in the third tier of French football, the Ligue National, with FC Red Star Saint-Ouen

Playing career

League matches only

Club	Season	Apps	Goals
Red Star 93	1990/91	0	0
	1991/92	7	1
	1992/93	31	5
	1993/94	40	9
	1994/95	24	11
	1995/96	35	16
AJ Auxerre	1996/97	24	3
	1997/98	18	6
	1998/99	32	7
	1999/00	33	9
Olympique Lyon	2000/01	31	12
	2001/02	5	1
Fulham F.C.	2001/02	25	6
	2002/03	28	4
	2003/04	1	1
Olympique Marseille	2003/04	23	9
	2004/05	31	7
VfL Wolfsburg	2005/06	21	1
FC Lorient	2006/07	22	1

International career

International Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	30 May 2001	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu, South Korea	South Korea	1 – 0	5 – 0	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
2.	22 March 2002	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Scotland	5 – 0	5 – 0	Friendly match
3.	12 October 2002	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Slovenia	2 – 0	5 – 0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
4.	12 October 2002	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Slovenia	3 – 0	5 – 0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
5.	20 August 2003	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Switzerland	2 – 0	2 – 0	Friendly match
6.	24 May 2004	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France	Andorra	4 – 0	4 – 0	Friendly match

External links

• FootballDatabase profile and stats
• Steve Marlet French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
• Voetbal international profile (Dutch)
• Sporting-Heroes.net photos and stats