Full name Tomas Repka Current team Hvozdnice Name Tomas Repka Height 1.83 m | Playing position 1979–1989 Sokol Brumov Role Football player Position Defender | |
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Date of birth (1974-01-02) 2 January 1974 (age 41) Spouse Vladka Erbova (m. 2013), Renata Repkova (m. ?–2012) Children Markus Repka, Veronika Repka, Tomasso Repka | ||
Super Tomas Repka's Goodbye.
Tomáš Řepka (born 2 January 1974) is a Czech retired professional football defender. He has played for Baník Ostrava, Sparta Prague, Fiorentina, West Ham United and České Budějovice.
Contents
- Super Tomas Repkas Goodbye
- Club career
- International career
- Club
- National
- Individual
- Disciplinary problems
- Personal life
- References
Club career
Řepka started his career at Baník Ostrava, where he played from 1990 to 1995. He then joined Sparta Prague, where he spent almost three years, before moving to Fiorentina in Italy. He joined English Premiership club West Ham United early in Glenn Roeder's tenure as manager, for a club record fee of £5,500,000, in September 2001.
He was sent off on his debut for West Ham for two bookable offences, missed a match through suspension, and was sent off again in the third game he played for the club. He went on to form a central defensive partnership with Christian Dailly before the club's relegation to the Football League Championship, although he gained a reputation for his disciplinary record, and received 10 yellow cards that first season. After relegation at the end of the 2002-03 season, the appointment of Alan Pardew as manager saw Řepka move to right back. In the summer of 2005, after the club had regained their Premiership status, he was re-signed by Pardew on a two-year contract, albeit on reduced terms, but left the club on 23 January 2006 to return to the Czech Republic to be with his family. He played his final game for them on the previous night against Fulham in what was an emotional swansong for the Czech hardman; To chants of "Super Tom" from the West Ham faithful, he left the field in tears.
In 2006 he returned to Sparta Prague. In 2009 he won the Personality of the League award at the Czech Footballer of the Year awards.
In December 2011, Řepka left Sparta Prague following a mutually agreed early termination of his contract.
After the termination of his contract with Sparta Prague, he signed with SK Dynamo České Budějovice, becoming a stable member of the first team and helped his team to avoid relegation in the 2011-12 season. However, his contract was terminated by his team in November 2012. After negotiations with 1. FK Příbram had broken down, he accepted a non-player role with FK Baník Most. After three months Řepka quit his manager role due to disagreements with new club leaders.
International career
After making his international debut for Czechoslovakia in June 1993 against the Faroe Islands, Řepka played 45 times for the Czech Republic between 1994 and 2001. He missed Euro 1996 because of two match suspension for a red card. However, he played for his country at Euro 2000.
Club
Baník Ostrava
Sparta Prague
West Ham United
National
Individual
Disciplinary problems
Řepka is notorious for his lack of self-control and disciplinary problems. During his professional career, he has received twenty red cards (see table below). One scandal included attacking game officials and a TV cameraman in September 2007.
Personal life
Řepka was married 16 years with Renáta Řepková with whom he has a daughter Veronika and a son Tomasso. In May 2012, they divorced. In December 2011, he became engaged to a model Vlaďka Erbová. Their son Markus was born on 19 May 2012. The pair married in July 2013, and divorced in 2016.