Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City.
Lennon moved to Scottish club Celtic in 2000, where he made over 200 appearances and was appointed captain in 2005. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England and played for Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon made 40 appearances for Northern Ireland in nine years, scoring two goals. Lennon was appointed manager of Celtic in March 2010, initially in a caretaker capacity after the departure of Tony Mowbray.
3 talking points as Albian Ajeti climbs off the bench to smash Celtic winner
dailyrecord.co.ukDundee United. The Swiss striker hauled victory out of the fire for the champions in a dramatic fashion just nine minutes after appearing onto the park for his Scottish Premiership debut.
United looked set for a point after a tremendous performance against Neil Lennon 's side before their resistance was broken just seven minutes from the end as Ajeti bagged his first goal for his new club and first in over a year.
The former West Ham man deserved his moment for keeping the ball alive after keeper Benjamin Siegrist had punched a Ryan Christie shot high into the air.Ajeti nodded the ball back into danger and, when Odsonne Edouard was unable to get a shot away, it spun back for the substitute to drive into the net.Celtic deserved their success.
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