Peter Ndlovu has claimed that he cannot afford to pay £568 in child support for two of his children because he has eleven other kids.
Former striker Ndlovu played in the Premier League for Coventry and also represented Birmingham, Huddersfield and Sheffield United.
In 1992 he became the first African player to feature in the newly-formed Premiership.
The former Zimbabwe international, 49, is now in Africa and is currently embroiled in a court case.
The mother of the two children wants Ndlovu to pay her £1,420 a month, but Johannesburg High Court ruled that he should pay her £568 a month, as reported by The Sun.