Ted Lasso actor Cristo Fernández signs contract with professional US club

• El Paso Locomotive describe forward as ‘a great addition’

• Fernández portrayed Dani Rojas in the hit TV show

The Ted Lasso actor Cristo Fernández has taken his role as a footballer from the small screen to the soccer pitch after signing a professional contract with the US second-tier side El Paso Locomotive FC.

Fernández, who played youth football in Mexico before stepping away from the sport at the age of 15 owing to a knee injury, portrayed Dani Rojas in the hit Apple TV+ show about a British team with a US coach.