Midfielder Gui Finkler is flying to Brazil to meet his new-born daughter, ruling him out of the Wellington Phoenix's next two A-League games.
Finkler will miss Saturday's home match against Melbourne City and the fixture away to the Brisbane Roar a week later.
He is returning to his native Brazil to be with wife Karine and their first daughter, Rafaela.
Finkler, 31, had planned to attend the birth, but Rafaela arrived early.
He will return to New Zealand for the clash against the Perth Glory in Auckland on March 4.
