WARSAW, March 29: Former Polish international Dariusz Wdowczyk, who also played club football for Celtic and Reading, was arrested on Friday for alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal.

Six others, including referees and coaches, were also arrested in connection with the corruption case, said Tomasz Fratczak, a spokesman for Poland’s anti-corruption body, the CBA.

Wdowczyk, 45, figured mostly for Polish top flight side Legia Warsaw and played 53 times for his country before going on to coach Polonia Warsaw.

The match-fixing affair has scarred Polish football recently with 17 people, amongst them referees and federation officials, receiving suspended prison sentences in December last year.

In January, two first division sides Zaglebie Lubin and Widzew Lodz were both implicated in corruption in the 2004-2005 season and were punished with demotion.—APP