07 December,2012 04:56 PM IST | | ANI
Footballer Mario Balotelli is said to be âdelighted' after becoming a father for the first time after his ex-girlfriend Raffaella Fico gave birth to a baby girl at a private clinic in Naples, Italy.
Mario Balotelli. Pic/ AFP
Little Pia - who weighed 8lb 4oz - had been due on Christmas Day but was born just under three weeks early.
The name âPia' is a Latin term for devout or pious.
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"He is expected to fly out to see Pia in the next few days. He's very excited," the Sun quoted a source close to the star as saying.
Meanwhile, Mario's mum Rose Barwuah, who lives in Wythenshawe, Manchester, told The Sun: "I'm really happy to be a grandma."
