Lionel Messi buys waterfront Fort Lauderdale mansion: Take a look inside

Argentinian global football phenom Lionel Messi, who joined Inter Miami’s professional team in July, bought a Fort Lauderdale waterfront estate for $10.75 million.

Messi, 36, purchased the modern-style, two-story house on Compass Lane in Bay Colony, a gated single-family home community, on Sept. 1, according to a deed recorded in Broward County.

Messi and his wife, Antonela Roccuzzo, acquired a 10,500-square-foot, eight-bedroom estate in Fort Lauderdale’s Bay Colony through a company led by Messi’s wealth manager, Alfonso Nebot.

The 0.4-acre property has 170 feet of water frontage with two docks, a waterfront pool, a gym/spa room and an Italian kitchen, according to a 2022 listing for the home. The house was built in 1988 and expanded in 2000, property records show.