Germany and Borussia Dortmund forward Marco Reus has been fined €540,000 ($810,000) for repeatedly driving without a licence.

Dortmund prosecutor Henner Kruse told the Bild daily that Reus was fined because he deliberately drove without a licence six times between September 2011 and March this year, being caught by speed cameras.

In hot water: Borussia Dortmund forward Marco Reus has been fined $810,000 after repeatedly driving without a licence. Credit:Reuters

Bild reported that the 25-year-old Reus took driving lessons when he was 18 but never took a test and then drove without a licence.

"Unfortunately I decided back then to go this way," Reus said. "I can't even understand the reasons myself today."