As if his final professional football match was not quite special enough! Diego Milito now has even more reason to remember May 21.
The Racing Club star hangs up his boots on Saturday with his final ever game, against Temperley.
But despite the magnitude of the occasion he might be more worried about staying awake, as the day kicked off in extraordinary fashion in the early hours.
Milito, best known for a wonderful spell at Inter where he lifted the Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia treble in 2009-10, was alongside wife Sofia as the couple gave birth to the star's third child just after 3am in Buenos Aires.
Anaesthetist Pablo Maresca, however, looks almost happier than even the parents of little Morena, after the Racing fanatic was called to assist in the delivery of his hero's little bundle of joy.
Felicitaciones a la hermosa familia #Milito Sofía y Diego fueron papas hoy justo en su último partido en #Racing pic.twitter.com/WUu1tpS3z5
— Pablo Maresca (@pablomaresca) 21 de mayo de 2016
Diego's brother Gabriel, formerly of Barcelona and now Independiente coach, was also on hand to take in the birth of his new niece.
Gabriel Milito fotógrafo de Diego Milito!!! Nació Morena, hija de Sofía y Diego Milito. Felicitaciones!!! pic.twitter.com/Pxr97d4itb
— Pablo Maresca (@pablomaresca) 21 de mayo de 2016
Congratulations Principe, and try not to doze off in your farewell! - Goal