Newcastle United midfielder Bruno Guimaraes and his girlfriend Ana Lidia Martins welcomed their first child last night and the football world have sent them their congratulations.
The Brazilian has become a cult hero at St. James' Park since signing for the Magpies in January earlier this year, and has been one of manager Eddie Howe's top performers this season with two goals and two assists in his eight league appearances.
Guimaraes' form has been rewarded with another eight appearances for the Brazil senior team, scoring once, and is undoubtedly going to be one of 26 on the plane to Qatar next month if he manages to stay healthy.
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Posting two photos of his new family on Instagram, Guimaraes put the caption:
"Welcome to the world son! It is with great joy that I announce the arrival of my first son, without a doubt today is the best day of my life!
"First of all I want to congratulate you my love, you are a warrior you were and you are, after everything you've been through in your life see you do all the strength, go over each contraction and the love you've already shown for our son no there's an explanation!!
"I respect you more every day for the woman you are! Definitely the woman of my life! I don't think I've ever had a true sense of a mother and father's love for their child is something unique and today I get to see that, as much as I thought that was possible it didn't even come close to the love I feel for my son!
"I thank my parents for everything they did for me and now I want to be at least 10% of what they were for me for Matteo! Ana, my love, I am already sure that you will be the best mother in the world and thank you very much for making my life's dream of being a father come true!
"I'm proud of you everyday... You are a WARRIOR. I love you more than anything, I'll certainly never forget this day! Thank you my G O D! To the Lord all honour and glory!"
Players, journalists and clubs across the globe have sent him messages on social media after the announcement from Guimaraes, with his own club Newcastle tweeting "Congratulations, @brunoog97!" along with a baby emoji and black and white hearts.
Teammates Joelinton and Fabian Schar commented five heart-eyed emojis and hearts respectively while Matt Targett commented "Congrats to you both" with a heart emoji.
Other teammates that commented included Jacob Murphy, who commented "Amazing bro, congrats to you all" while former teammate Dwight Gayle commented "Congratulations" with a red heart emoji.
His Brazilian teammates Casemiro and Vinicius Junior commented with the Manchester United midfielder simply posting six heart emojis, while the Real Madrid winger put five heart-eyed emojis.
Comedian duo Ant and Dec, known for being big Newcastle fans, commented "Congratulations" along with two heart emojis while transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano commented three red heart emojis.
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