English soccer captain David Beckham's $100,000 bulletproof car has been stolen by a gang of thieves.

The robbers got hold of the car after an employee took it for a drive and forgot to activate the vehicle's tracking system. Soon after, the car was stolen.

"He is gutted. David loves this car," a friend of Beckham's tells The Sun

The 30-year-old Real Madrid superstar purchased the modified car after a kidnapping threat on his son Brooklyn.

The car was parked in a street close to the Beckham's $5 million mansion in Madrid when it was stolen.