Former Czech Republic international Tomas Repka was on Thursday sentenced to a 15 months jail term jailed on charges of selling a leased Mercedes for $52,700.
Last year, he was sentenced to a six months suspended prison term for posting an advert offering escort services using a photo of his ex-wife and her telephone number.
Repka played three years at Fiorentina in Italy and five years at West Ham United in London. He also represented his country 46 times. But the 45 year old has had a string of brushes with police since his retirement in 2014. The former defender was arrested for drunk driving twice, and was sentenced to community service last year for failing to pay alimony.
The Mercedes which he sold was the car he got on a rental basis and the judge had no choice but to inflict a prison sentence. His lawyer has revealed that he will appeal the sentence.
Repka is known to be a trouble maker as he picked up 20 red cards in his career and was left out of the Czech squad that made the final of Euro 96 after a two match international ban.