• Known for his role as Danny Rojas, he realized his dream of becoming a professional player when he thought his career was impossible due to an injury.
• Season 4 of Ted Lasso which will arrive this summer on AppleTV will focus on women’s football.
« Football is life »but for real. While fans of Ted Lasso impatiently awaiting the arrival of season 4 on Apple TV this summer, one of the stars of the show has gone through the looking glass. Cristo Fernandez has just signed with the professional football club El Paso Locomotive FC, in the United States.
This news comes after a two-month trial by the actor with the players. It was the Texan club which announced the arrival of the actor in its ranks on social networks on Tuesday May 12. “The rumors were true, welcome to El Paso Cristo Fernandez“, it is indicated.
Cristo Fernández didn’t discover his passion for football thanks to his role in the series Ted Lassobut it is precisely this which notably allowed him to obtain that of Danny Rojas. Indeed, the Mexican actor played at a high level until the age of 15, as recalled NBC. An injury prematurely ended his football career, pushing him to turn to comedy.
In a video shared on his social networks, Cristo Fernandez returns to “his crazy dreams and his unshakeable faith“. He even quotes the series that made him famous around the world by evoking a line from the character played by Jason Sudeikis “When you believe in your dreams, life finds a way to make them come true ”.
The 35-year-old actor and sportsman joins the El Paso Locomotive FC club which plays in the USL Championship, one of the lower levels of the North American professional league. He could therefore soon face teams like San Antonio FC, Detroit City Football Club or even Phoenix Rising FC.
In Bill Lawrence’s series on the world of English football, Danny Rojas is one of the most talented players on the team coached by Ted Lasso. Very enthusiastic, he regularly shouts on the field “Football is life“,” a phrase thought up by the actor himself during his audition for the role as he revealed in an interview.
The actor will not appear in season 4 of Ted Lassoscheduled for August 5, 2026. In this season, Apple TV subscribers will find Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham (Rebecca Walton), Juno Temple (Keeley Jones), Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent), Jeremy Swift (Leslie Higgins), and Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard). This season, the series will focus on women’s football.
