Antoni Nieroba

{{short description|Polish footballer and manager (1939–2021)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Antoni Nieroba

| image =

| fullname = Antoni Jan Nieroba

| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|1|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Chorzów, Poland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|6|24|1939|1|17|df=y}}

| death_place = Chorzów, Poland

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1= 1952–1956

| youthclubs1= Ruch Chorzów

| years1 = 1956–1972 | years2 =1972–1974

| clubs1 = Ruch Chorzów | clubs2 =LB Châteauroux

| caps1 = 347 | goals1 = 20 | caps2 = 57 | goals2 = 2

| nationalyears1= 1959–1967

| nationalteam1= Poland

| nationalcaps1= 17 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1980–1982 | manageryears2 = 1983–1985 | manageryears3 =2001

| managerclubs1 = Rozwój Katowice | managerclubs2 = LB Châteauroux | managerclubs3 =AKS Chorzów

}}

Antoni Nieroba (17 January 1939 – 24 June 2021) was a Polish football manager and player. He played 17 times for Poland.{{cite web|url=http://www.kadra.pl/index.php?strona=historia&dzial=reprezentanci&litera=N-R |title=Kadra.pl |accessdate=2008-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123092152/http://www.kadra.pl/index.php?strona=historia&dzial=reprezentanci&litera=N-R |archivedate=2008-01-23 }} With 347 games played, he holds the all-time record for most top division appearances for Ruch Chorzów.{{cite web |title=Zmarł Antoni Nieroba |url=https://www.ksruch.com/w/zmarł-antoni-nieroba |publisher=Ruch Chorzów |access-date=28 October 2024 |language=pl |date=25 June 2021}} Nieroba died on 24 June 2021, at the age of 82.{{Cite web |title=Antoni Nieroba nie żyje - Federacja |url=https://pzpn.pl/federacja/aktualnosci/2021-06-25/antoni-nieroba-nie-zyje |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=PZPN - Łączy nas piłka |language=pl}}