In the summer of 2010, French soccer legend Thierry Henry and his partner, Andrea Rajacic, spent a full day house-hunting in Manhattan ahead of Henry’s move from FC Barcelona to the New York Red Bulls.
“We saw some beautiful places,” said Rajacic. But the couple, then living in Spain, didn’t fall in love with any of them.
Tired and heading back to the hotel, their real-estate agent proposed they look at one more place: a penthouse in Soho with rooftop views of the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges.
“I remember walking around the apartment, and Thierry discreetly pulled me to the side, and he was like, ‘Andrea, close your mouth, they don’t need to know how much we both like it,’” said Rajacic.
“That’s true,” Henry said, laughing.
Henry bought the penthouse and the unit below it for $14.85 million in 2010. Now, after relocating to Europe full-time over a decade ago, Henry and Rajacic are listing the apartment for $25 million.
The home has roughly 3,400 square feet of outdoor space, including the private rooftop.Nathan Patrick Media/Sotheby’s International Realty
Shortly after purchasing it, the pair combined the lower unit with the penthouse, making the expanded property roughly 6,000 square feet. On their private rooftop, they added a pergola, a barbecue area and an outdoor eating and lounging area. They renovated the home several times, most recently this year. They said they couldn’t recall the cost of the renovation.
The couple said they lived in the home full-time for about five years. In late 2014, Thierry retired from playing soccer, and he and Rajacic moved full-time to London shortly after.
They loved the New York home so much they decided to keep it and visit as often as they could. But as the years went by, the visits became less and less. “No matter where we were coming back from, that was always where I was really dying to return to,” Rajacic said.
That emotional attachment is why the couple pulled the home off the market after listing it for $26.75 million in early 2025. They now feel ready to part with it. “We were and still are in love with the place,” said Henry. “It was very difficult to leave New York.”
The kitchen opens to a roughly 980-square-foot terrace.Nathan Patrick Media/Sotheby’s International RealtyThe penthouse is wrapped in glass and has 14-foot ceilings.Nathan Patrick Media/Sotheby’s International Realty
In addition to his playing career, Henry served as head coach of France’s men’s soccer team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where the team won silver.
Henry and Rajacic’s penthouse sits on a cobblestone street well-known in the Soho community, according to listing agent Joshua Judge of Sotheby’s International Realty. The street has been home to celebrities including Alicia Keys and Lenny Kravitz, he said.
The penthouse in Soho neighborhood offers rooftop views of the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges.Dogora Sun/Adobe Stock
In August, a penthouse on the same street sold for $28.25 million, according to Judge. The home-sale record in Soho is $50 million, which was set in 2023, he said.
Corrections & Amplifications
Thierry Henry’s Soho penthouse has rooftop views of the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges. An earlier version of this article incorrectly said it had views of the George Washington Bridge. (Corrected on Sept. 22)
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