Blessed': Cristiano Ronaldo and his mini-me son cuddle his newborn twins Mateo and Eva in sweet Instagram snap as they enjoy first family holiday together
Blessed': Cristiano Ronaldo and his mini-me son cuddle his newborn twins Mateo and Eva in sweet Instagram snap as they enjoy first family holiday together
He confirmed the birth of his twins via surrogate at the end of last month.
And Cristiano Ronaldo introduced his newborns to their big brother Cristiano Ronaldo Jr on Tuesday, during their first family holiday together.
The footballer, 32, took to his Instagram
page to share a heartwarming snap of himself and his seven-year-old son
cuddling the twins, believed to be called Mateo and Eva, for his 105
million followers.
'Blessed': Cristiano Ronaldo shared a
snap of him introducing his newborn twins to their big brother Cristiano
Ronaldo Jr on Tuesday, during their first family holiday together
(above)
In the snap, the Real
Madrid star is seen beaming with pride as he clasps one of the tots
tightly in his arms, while his mini-me son cuddles the other beside
him.
Cutting a relaxed figure in white
sports shorts and a red cap, Cristiano sweetly smiles down at his
oldest son in the snap - as the seven-year-old is introduced to the
twins for the first time.
Clearly overwhelmed to be a father for the second and third time, the sportsman simply captioned the shot: 'Blessed'.
The
family photo garnered over 1 million likes in the space of an hour -
following the birth of the twins at the end of last month.
Doting dad: The footballer had shared
the first heartwarming photograph of his twins on Thursday, which he
captioned: 'Happy to be able to hold the two new loves of my life'
The
footballer had shared the first heartwarming photograph of his twins on
Thursday, which he captioned: 'Happy to be able to hold the two new
loves of my life.'
The 32-year-old, who
suffered professional disappointment on Wednesday night when Portugal
were knocked out of the Confederations Cup, returned home to celebrate
his personal joy.
Ronaldo, who has scored 285 league goals in 241 games for Real Madrid, was unable to meet his son and daughter due to football commitments but finally held them for the first time on Thursday.
The Ballon d'Or winner shared the sweet photograph of him holding his children while sat on his sofa.
Big brother: Cristiano Jnr (pictured)
will now have two younger siblings following news of the twins' birth at
the end of last month
Exciting: Ronaldo (pictured with
Cristiano Jr) was unable to meet his son and daughter due to football
commitments, but finally held them for the first time on Thursday
The birth means Ronaldo is now a father-of-three and they join their older brother, seven-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo Jnr.
Ronaldo
was only able to meet the twins for the first time on Thursday as he
had been away with Portugal at the Confederations Cup, where they were
beaten in the semi-finals on penalties by Chile.
He confirmed their birth officially for the first time after that game via a Facebook post, following days of rumours.
It
comes a month after it emerged his family could grow with his
22-year-old girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez rumoured to be pregnant.
Adding to his brood? It comes a month
after it emerged his family could grow with his 22-year-old girlfriend
Georgina Rodriguez (above) rumoured to be pregnant
He will miss Portugal's third-place play-off against Mexico after being given the go-ahead to return home to his family.
According
to the Portuguese TV channel SIC, Ronaldo had a boy and girl named Eva
and Mateo via a mother on the west coast of America.
In
a Facebook post, Ronaldo said: 'Unfortunately, we have not been able to
achieve the main sporting objective we wanted, but I am sure we will
continue to give the Portuguese joy.
'I am very happy to finally be able to be with my children for the first time.
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