Mariano Andrés Pernía Molina (born 4 May 1977) is a retired Argentine-born Spanish footballer who played as a left defender.

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 10 La Liga goals in one sole season with the former - amassing Spanish top flight totals of 171 games and 16 goals, over the course of seven seasons.

Pernía represented his adopted nation in the 2006 World Cup.

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pernía came through the ranks at Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro, but never achieved a first-team presence. He got his first chance of professional football when he moved to Club Atlético Independiente, but found himself moving in and out of the main squad. He made a total of 57 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring two goals.

In January 2003, Pernía moved to La Liga side Recreativo de Huelva, where he made somewhat of an impact. He started in the Copa del Rey final loss to RCD Mallorca, but the Andalusian outfit was also relegated that season. He played in 40 league matches during the following campaign's second division.

Leonel Adrián Pernía (born September 27, 1975 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine racing driver. He has run in different series, with major success in TC 2000, where he finished 3rg in 2009 and 2nd in 2010 driving for the works Honda team.

He is the son of former footballer and racing driver Vicente Pernía, and brother of Spanish international footballer Mariano Pernía. In fact, he played for Boca Juniors First Division in 1997, in the National Professional Soccer League the next two years, then raced at the Argentine Turismo Nacional in 2000 and 2001. Because of the crisis, he retirned to the United States to compete in the Major Indoor Soccer League from 2002 to 2005.

In 2006, Pernía retired from football and returned to Argentina to race professionally. That year he competed at the TC Pista in a Chevrolet (12th) and the TC2000 in a Honda (3 races). The next season, Pernía raced two TC Pista races, half of the TC2000 season in a Fineschi Honda and the rest of the year in a works Honda, endng up 13th.