Fernando Martín, 44, was the coach of the women’s team reserve team
Saturday, December 27, 2025, 16:02
The 44-year-old man disappeared in Indonesia after the shipwreck in which he was traveling with his three children, also missing, was the coach of the Valencia women’s reserve team. The club has issued a statement confirming his death as well as that of his descendants, aged between 9 and 12 years.
Valencia CF is deeply shocked after the death of Fernando Martín, coach of Valencia CF Femenino B, and three of his children in a tragic boat accident in Indonesia, as confirmed by local authorities.
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— Valencia CF (@valenciacf) December 27, 2025
«Valencia CF is deeply shocked after the death of Fernando Martín, coach of Valencia CF Femenino B, and three of his children in a tragic boat accident in Indonesia, as confirmed by local authorities. From the Club we want to send, in such a difficult time for everyone, our support and condolences to family, friends and colleagues of Valencia CF, Valencia CF Femenino and Academia VCF,” says the Ché club on its X account.
Fernando’s wife and his fourth daughter, Andrea, the youngest of the couple’s six children together, were rescued alive. The other two minors had not traveled with the family to the Asian country because they were very young.
The accident occurred at 8:30 p.m. on Friday in Indonesia (1:30 p.m. in Spain) in the Padar Strait, within the Komodo national park and near the popular tourist destination of Labuan Bajo, a port town located on the western end of the island of Flores, according to the state news agency Antara. According to local authorities, the sinking occurred due to the poor state of the sea, with waves more than three meters high.
