Steve Marlet

Steve Marlet

Marlet in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Steve Marlet [1]
Date of birth	(1974-01-10) 10 January 1974 (age 49) [2]
Place of birth	Pithiviers, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [3]
Position(s)	Forward, winger
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	(13)
2011–2012	Red Star	20	(2)
Total		495	(124)
International career
2000–2004	France	23	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Steve Marlet (born 10 January 1974) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was capped 23 times and scored six goals for the France national team, winning the Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003 and featuring at Euro 2004.

Early life

Marlet was born in Pithiviers, Loiret. ^[4]

Club career

Early career

Marlet began his professional career with Red Star. ^[5]

Fulham

Marlet held the record for Fulham's biggest transfer fee until July 2008, as the newly promoted Premier League team paid £11.5 million to sign him in August 2001 from Olympique Lyonnais. ^{[6] [7]} His expectations was well received by France national team coach Roger Lemerre, suggesting "He will progress at Fulham". ^[8] However, he only managed 11 goals in 54 league games, as then-manager Jean Tigana was dismissed during the season. He played just one game in the 2003–04 season for Fulham, in which he scored. ^[9] He was then loaned out to Olympique de Marseille on 27 August, with an option to sign permanently. ^[10]

While on loan, Marlet partnered Didier Drogba up front as Marseille advanced through the 2003-04 UEFA Cup, before losing the final to Valencia. ^[11]

Marlet's poor performances for Fulham led to chairman Mohamed Al-Fayed taking Tigana to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for the high transfer fee. Tigana, who had ties to Lyon and had briefly been Marlet's agent, was accused of signing him for an exorbitant fee and taking a cut of the fee for himself. The charges were quickly dropped. ^[12]

Wolfsburg and Lorient

On 21 August 2005, after his release from Fulham, Marlet signed a one-year deal with the option for a second year, at VfL Wolfsburg of the German Bundesliga. On his arrival, manager Thomas Strunz said "Steve Marlet is very well-known in international football, a player who is fast and versatile". ^[13]

Marlet only scored one Bundesliga goal and was not given the second year of his contract. He trained for two weeks with Paris St. Germain before signing a one-year deal at FC Lorient, newly promoted to Ligue 1. He was attracted by the attacking style of manager Christian Gourcuff. ^[14]

Later career

After being released by Lorient, he went on trial with Ipswich Town from 6 to 30 October 2007, ^[15] Chicago Fire and Reims. ^[12]

In July 2011, he joined FC Red Star Saint-Ouen in the third tier of French football, the Championnat National, where he spent the last season of his career.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career statistics

Club

Source:^{[ citation needed ]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	Apps	Goals
Red Star	1990–91	0	0
	1991–92	7	1
	1992–93	31	5
	1993–94	40	9
	1994–95	24	11
	1995–96	35	16
	Total	137	42
Auxerre	1996–97	24	3
	1997–98	18	6
	1998–99	32	7
	1999–2000	33	9
	Total	106	25
Lyon	2000–01	31	12
	2001–02	5	1
	Total	36	13
Fulham	2001–02	25	6
	2002–03	28	4
	2003–04	1	1
	Total	54	11
Marseille	2003–04	23	9
	2004–05	31	7
	Total	54	16
VfL Wolfsburg	2005–06	21	1
Lorient	2006–07	22	1
Career total		430	109

International goals

Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Marlet goal.^{[ citation needed ]}

List of international goals scored by Steve Marlet

No.	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

Honours

Lyon

• Coupe de la Ligue: 2000–01 ^[16]

Fulham

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2002 ^[17]

References

1. "Steve Marlet". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
2. "Steve Marlet: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
3. "Steve Marlet: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
4. "Steve Marlet". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
5. Cadier, E.; Moreau, A. (14 January 2016). "Ligue 2 : Steve Marlet, directeur sportif du Red Star est originaire de Pithiviers (Loiret)". France 3 Centre-Val de Loire (in French). Retrieved 2 November 2018.
6. Simon Rice (23 September 2015). "The worst transfer deals in Premier League history". The Independent.
7. "MARLET JOINS FULHAM". Fulham Official Website. 28 August 2001. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
8. "Right thing to do, Steve". Fulham Official Website. 29 August 2001. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
9. "Fulham hold on for win". BBC. 16 August 2003. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
10. "Round-up: Marlet moves to Marseille". Telegraph.co.uk. 27 August 2003.
11. "BBC SPORT - Football - Other European - Valencia 2-0 Marseille". bbc.co.uk.
12. WSC 270 Aug 09. "When Saturday Comes - Steve Marlet". wsc.co.uk.
13. "ESPN". go.com.
14. Patrick Haond. "Lorient land Marlet". Sky Sports.
15. "Steve Marlet - Player Profile - Sky Sports Football". SkySports.
16. "Coupe de la Ligue : revivez la victoire en 2001". olympique-et-lyonnais.com. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
17. "Fulham clinch Euro glory". BBC Sport. 27 August 2002. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

External links

• Steve Marlet – French league stats at LFP – also available in French
• Sporting-Heroes.net photos and stats