About Vicente Pernía
Vicente Alberto Pernía, known as El Tano, is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a defender. He then went on to a second career as a car racing driver. During his time at Boca Pernía won a number of titles, including 3 league titles and 2 Copa Libertadores. Pernía played a total of 269 games for Boca in all competitions and still holds the record for the Boca player to have been sent off the most times with 13 red cards. He won a few races, obtaining in 1996 the Subchampionship of Turismo Carretera. In the 1980s, Pernía reinvented himself as a stock-car driver in Argentina's TC and TC2000 categories.
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