Hearts star issues personal life update as Edinburgh Derby hero announces birth of baby daughter
It’s been a rollercoaster last week or so for the Jambos midfielder.
Tomas Magnusson and his partner, Selma have announced the birth of their first child.
The Hearts midfielder admitted after his 88th minute winner against Hibs at Tynecastle last Tuesday it had the opportunity to be ‘quite the week’ with his daughter due imminently. Despite being heavily pregnant, his girlfriend was at the Edinburgh Derby to cheer him on.
Magnusson, who broke out the baby-cradling motion celebration after his Derby day heroics, was a doubt for last weekend’s trip to Ibrox as Selma was overdue, however, he came off the bench for a 15 minute cameo in the Rangers defeat. The pair took to Instagram to announce the birth of the new family addition.
Magnusson becomes a father
There was perhaps more love in the air than usual on Valentines Day in the Magnusson household, with their daughter being born on February 14, 2026. The couple announced the birth via Instagram on a joint post captioned ‘hallo heimur’, Icelandic for ‘Hello world’. Magnusson’s Hearts teammate, Claudio Braga was one of the first to offer congratulations.
After last week’s Derby, the 23-year old joked he couldn’t be kept long in his post-match interview with Selma expecting imminently, where he also confirmed she was watching from the stands. He said: “I’ve got a baby due any minute now so don't keep me long!
“She was (at Tynecastle), she loves watching. I actually said to the boys before the game I'm going to score and hopefully her water will break. It didn’t. I read through the messages a bit and she was shaking but no, her water didn't break. The baby was due on Friday so anytime now. It’s our first one, yeah. A Scottish one.”
‘A busy time in his life’
Regarding his goal, he continued: “It felt really good to score. I had to double check it, I wasn't sure if I got it through but it did get through. I had to readjust a little bit, I had to open up my body a bit, I think, it happened really quickly. I think Kyzi [Alexandros Kyziridis] took the free-kick quite quickly and I didn't see until Harry [Milne] was about to cross, so I think I had to adjust a bit. I've been playing further up the pitch than usual but I've got a few goals in me and should have maybe scored one more throughout the season.”
Manager Derek McInnes added after the Derby win that Magnusson has dealt with matters on the pitch well despite the excitement in his personal life. He added: “Obviously, we think the baby will hopefully come before the weekend. He’s a young man, he’s over here with his partner, it’s been a big upheaval for him, but such a maturity, another important goal for us. It’s a busy time in his life, an important period in his life, and he’s going to become a dad, which is brilliant for him, just hope, as I say, everything goes okay on that front.”