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Manuel Neuer: Plays with the ball here, but will soon also be playing with his son at home
Photo: Alexander Hassenstein / POOL / EPA
Bayern Munich goalkeeper and captain Manuel Neuer has become a father.
According to consistent media reports, Neuer's wife Anika gave birth to their first child.
As the magazine “Bunte” first reported, it is a boy named Luca.
Accordingly, the little one was born on Thursday afternoon - around the same time that national coach Julian Nagelsmann announced Neuer's expected return to the national team after a 15-month break from the DFB.
Mother and baby are doing well, they said.
Manuel Neuer, 37, and handball player Anika Neuer, 23, who plays in the second division for ESV Regensburg, got married at the end of last year.
Neuer's wife often sits in the stands of Munich's Allianz Arena at Bayern's home games, but other public appearances together are rare.
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