Steve Marlet (born 10 January 1974 in Pithiviers, France) is a French footballer who is currently unattached. 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.

[edit] Playing career

League matches only

[edit] International career

[edit] International Goals

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

[edit] 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

v • d • e France squad – 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (1st Title) 1 Ramé • 2 Sagnol • 3 Lizarazu • 4 Vieira • 5 Gillet • 6 Djorkaeff • 7 Pirès • 8 Desailly • 9 Anelka • 10 Carrière • 11 Wiltord • 12 Coupet • 13 Silvestre • 14 Née • 15 Bréchet • 16 Dacourt • 17 Marlet • 18 Leboeuf • 19 Karembeu • 20 Camara • 21 Dugarry • 22 Robert • 23 Landreau • Coach: Lemerre

v • d • e France squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (2nd Title) 1 Landreau • 2 Mexès • 3 Lizarazu • 4 Boumsong • 5 Gallas • 6 Dacourt • 7 Pirès • 8 Desailly • 9 Cissé • 10 Giuly • 11 Wiltord • 12 Henry • 13 Silvestre • 14 Rothen • 15 Thuram • 16 Barthez • 17 Kapo • 18 Pedretti • 19 Sagnol • 20 Marlet • 21 Dabo • 22 Govou • 23 Coupet • Coach: Santini

v • d • e France squad – UEFA Euro 2004 1 Landreau • 2 Boumsong • 3 Lizarazu • 4 Vieira • 5 Gallas • 6 Makélélé • 7 Pirès • 8 Desailly • 9 Saha • 10 Zidane • 11 Wiltord • 12 Henry • 13 Silvestre • 14 Rothen • 15 Thuram • 16 Barthez • 17 Dacourt • 18 Pedretti • 19 Sagnol • 20 Trezeguet • 21 Marlet • 22 Govou • 23 Coupet • Coach: Santini

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