Everton midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin has been banned from driving for 14 months.
Gbamin failed a breath test after his Audi RS Q8 collided with a Jaguar while attempting to exit the M56 near to his Hale Barns, Cheshire home in August.
The Ivory Coast international was one-and-a-half times over the legal alcohol limit when he was questioned by police at the scene of the 5am incident.
It is believed that Gbamin had just given a friend a lift after a night out at the time of the incident, which was recounted at Manchester Magistrates’ Court.
Tess Kenyon, prosecuting, said: “PC Patel was asked to attend a road traffic incident at 5am.
“When he arrived, he saw two vehicles on the exit slip road on junction 6 of the M56.
“PC Patel spoke to the driver of the Jaguar who stated he had been driving off the M56 junction at junction 6, when the other vehicle had just crashed into him. Both had stopped at the scene and exchanged details.
“The Jaguar driver believed that the other driver might be under the influence of alcohol.
“PC Patel spoke to Mr Gbamin. He accepted that he was the driver of the Audi and that he had hit the other vehicle.
“Asked if he had drunk any alcohol, he said ‘yes, one’. He cooperated with the roadside breath test, which he failed. That resulted in him being arrested.
“He then cooperated with the intoxilyzer machine procedure.”
Presiding over the hearing, JP Susanne O’Connell told the 26-year-old: “Drink driving is considered to be a very serious offence.
“On the day in question, you collided with a Jaguar while over the alcohol limit and you are very fortunate that no serious injuries were caused.”
In sentencing, the player was fined £25,000, banned from driving for 14 months and ordered by the court to pay £275 in costs and surcharges.
Gbamin joined Everton in summer 2019 from Bundesliga outfit Mainz but has seen his first-team opportunities heavily restricted by serial injury problems.
His last appearance came in the Carbao Cup second round victory over Huddersfield, five months after his previous outing against Crystal Palace.