Tomáš Řepka
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tomáš Řepka | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Slavičín, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1989 | Sokol Brumov | ||
| 1989–1991 | TJ Gottwaldov | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1995 | Baník Ostrava | 77 | (3) |
| 1995–1998 | Sparta Prague | 82 | (6) |
| 1998–2001 | Fiorentina | 89 | (0) |
| 2001–2006 | West Ham United | 167 | (0) |
| 2006–2011 | Sparta Prague | 130 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | České Budějovice | 24 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Hvozdnice | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 570 | (12) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1996 | Czech Republic U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 1993 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | (0) |
| 1994–2001 | Czech Republic | 46 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 April 2013. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 May 2010 |
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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.
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.
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