Cristo Fernández became a global household name playing the relentlessly optimistic Dani Rojas in the hit Apple TV series 'Ted Lasso,' but these days, the Mexican actor is proving that life really can imitate art.
While fans know him as the fictional footballer behind the show's famous mantra, "Football is life," or "Fútbol es vida," as he enjoys saying in Spanish, Fernández is now chasing a real-life version of that dream. The Guadalajara-born actor recently signed with El Paso Locomotive FC, a professional club in the USL Championship, marking an unlikely return to competitive soccer after injuries ended his original ambitions as a player years ago. At the same time, he is promoting a new World Cup-themed campaign with Tequila Cazadores and preparing the release of his independent film 'No Translation Required.'
