Édgar José Perea Arias (2 June 1934 – 11 April 2016) was a Colombian politician and football radio and television commentator.

After gaining popularity for his picturesque way of narrating football matches, Perea joined the Colombian Liberal Party with the support of then presidential candidate Horacio Serpa and ran for the senate.

Perea began doing play-by-play in the early 1960s and quickly rose to become the voice of Junior, the professional soccer team from the port city of Barranquilla.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s Perea's emotional and passionate manner of broadcasting soccer, baseball and boxing captured the attention of millions of listeners around the country and media executives in Colombia's capital, Bogota.

Perea was suspended and subsequently expelled from the Senate on 18 July 2000 for appearing on television and radio broadcasting soccer matches.

Perea facing a possible low turnout in poll results decided to ally with one of Char's supporters and political barons of the region José Name Tehran, a move that was highly criticized by the media.[2].

President Álvaro Uribe Vélez appointed Perea Ambassador of Colombia to South Africa in replacement of Carlos Moreno de Caro.