Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo announced via Facebook Saturday that he is the proud father of a baby boy.

“It is with great joy and emotion that I inform I have recently become father to a baby boy,” the Team Portugal player writes on his Facebook page.

Ronaldo further explains that he will be the sole guardian of the child, and that the mother’s name will remain confidential.

“As agreed with the baby’s mother, who prefers to have her identity kept confidential,” he writes, “my son will be under my exclusive guardianship.”

According to People, 35,623 of his Facebook fans “liked” this announcement.