Photo: Елена Рыбакова / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Mariano Pernia is one of those players I enjoy precisely because he defies his position. A left back who scored ten La Liga goals in a single season with Getafe is doing something most defenders never approach, and his rise from Independiente to Atletico Madrid, eventually earning a Spain call-up as an Argentine-Spaniard, speaks to real ambition. What I love most is the second act: trading the pitch for a race car. That tells me his appetite for speed and competition was never really about football, just about attacking whatever was in front of him.
Overview
Mariano Andrés Pernía Molina (born 4 May 1977) is an Argentine-Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back and current race car driver. After starting professionally with Independiente, he moved to Spain in the early 2000s, going on to represent three teams in the country – most notably Getafe and Atlético Madrid, scoring ten La Liga goals in one sole season with the former – amassing Spanish top flight tota…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mariano Pernía
- Name (Japanese)
- マリアーノ・ペルニア
- Reading
- まりあーの・ぺるにあ
- Born
- May 4, 1977 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Snake
- Origin
- Tandil, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 179 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / racing driver
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Racing driver — see all → · More people from Argentina →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.