Nina Patalon

Nina Patalon (born 20 January 1986) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder, currently in charge of Poland women's national team.

[1] In 2002, Patalon began her career at Medyk Konin in the Ekstraliga, where she had played for many years, with an in-between stint at Czarni Sosnowiec.

In 2009, she represented Poland as part of a students' team at the Summer Universiade 2009 in Belgrade.

[5] In 2011, she took on a role of an assistant coach for the under-15 squad, and in May 2014 she was appointed to the managerial position of the Poland U17s.

[8] Patalon has stressed that, in order for Poland to develop a stronger women's football capability, more awareness and finding is needed, and girls must receive more encouragement to take up the sport during school sports classes.