Luka Doncic is a father! The NBA player, 24, and fiancée Anamaria Goltes, 25, have welcomed their first child together, the couple announced in a joint Instagram post on Friday. Doncic and Goltes both held one of their infant daughters’ hands in the stunning announcement shot, which revealed her name is Gabriela. Never miss a story – subscribe to PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up to current on the best of what the magazine has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to riveting human interest stories.
The baby announcement came just hours after the league said Doncic would miss Friday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies for “personal reasons.” During an Instagram Story Q&A session in March 2020, Goltes revealed how she and Doncic met. “I answered this question maybe a million times. “We met when we were 12 years old at the beach in Croatia,” she told the New York Post. “Fun fact: We still have the same circle of buddies from that period. “You keep the real ones, am I correct?”