Tomáš Řepka

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Personal information
Tomáš Řepka
Full name	Tomáš Řepka
Date of birth	January 2, 1974 (age 32)
Place of birth	Slavičín, Czech Republic
Height	1.84 m
Nickname	Super Tom
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Sparta Prague
Number	2
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1990-1995 1995-1998 1998-2001 2001-2006 2006-	Banik Ostrava Sparta Prague Fiorentina West Ham United Sparta Prague	77 (3) 82 (6) 89 (0) 164 (0) 0 (0)
National team**
1993 - 2001	Czech Republic	46 (1)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 20, 2005. ** National team caps and goals correct as of November 20, 2006.

Tomáš Řepka born January 2, 1974 in Slavičín) is a professional Czech football player. Řepka plays mostly as a right-sided defender, and is currently signed to Sparta Prague.

Řepka started his career at Banik Ostrava, where he played from 1990 to 1995. He then joined Sparta Prague, where he spent almost 3 years, before moving to Fiorentina in Italy. He was sold by the cash-strapped club in September 2001, acquired by English Premiership club West Ham United early in Glenn Roeder's tenure as manager, for a then club record fee of £5,500,000.

He was sent off on his debut for the East London outfit, 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.

After making his international debut for Czechoslovakia in June 1993 against the Faroe Islands, Řepka has played 45 times for the Czech Republic between 1994 and 2001. He played for his country at Euro 2000.