Steve Marlet

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Steve Marlet
Marlet Red Star 2015 (cropped).jpg
Marlet in 2015
Personal information
Full name Steve Marlet [1]
Date of birth (1974-01-10) 10 January 1974 (age 50) [2]
Place of birth Pithiviers, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [3]
Position(s) Forward, winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total495(124)
International career
2000–2004 France 23 (6)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner 2001 Korea-Japan
Winner 2003 France
*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.

Contents

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 Lyon. [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 eleven 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 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 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 Red Star 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
ClubSeasonAppsGoals
Red Star 1990–9100
1991–9271
1992–93315
1993–94409
1994–952411
1995–963516
Total13742
Auxerre 1996–97243
1997–98186
1998–99327
1999–2000339
Total10625
Lyon 2000–013112
2001–0251
Total3613
Fulham 2001–02256
2002–03284
2003–0411
Total5411
Marseille 2003–04239
2004–05317
Total5416
VfL Wolfsburg 2005–06211
Lorient 2006–07221
Career total430109

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.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 May 2001 Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu, South KoreaFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
1–0
5–0
 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
2.22 March 2002 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, FranceFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
5–0
5–0
 Friendly match
3.12 October 2002Stade de France, Saint-Denis, FranceFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
2–0
5–0
 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
4.12 October 2002Stade de France, Saint-Denis,, FranceFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
3–0
5–0
UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
5.20 August 2003 Stade de Genève, Geneva, SwitzerlandFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
2–0
2–0
Friendly match
6.24 May 2004 Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, FranceFlag of Andorra.svg  Andorra
4–0
4–0
Friendly match

Honours

France

Lyon

Fulham

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