Steve Marlet
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 January 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Pithiviers, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 2000–2004 | France | 23 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Steve Marlet (born 10 January 1974 in Pithiviers) is a retired French footballer and coach, who played as a forward. He was capped 23 times and scored six goals for the French national team, winning the Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003 and featuring at Euro 2004.
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. His expectations was well received by France national team coach Roger Lemerre, suggesting "He will progress at Fulham". However, 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, in which he scored. He was then loaned out to Olympique de Marseille on 27 August, with an option to sign permanently.
While on loan, Marlet partnered Didier Drogba up front as Marseille advanced through the 2003-04 UEFA Cup, before losing the final to Valencia.
Marlet's poor performances for Fulham led to chairman Mohammed 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.
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