 Chendo's debut came on 22 January 1986 in a friendly match with the Soviet Union, in Las Palmas.On 2 July 1986, the 24-year-old Chendo was involved in a car accident near Quintanar de la Orden, in which his one-month son Miguel died, his wife María del Pilar and himself emerged unscathed and his brother-in-law suffered fractures to his right arm and elbow.Real Madrid