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 stakes Celtic claim in bounce-back victory over Motherwell
dailyrecord.co.ukAlbian Ajeti and Christopher Jullien steadied the Parkhead ship.Victory moves the Hoops back within six points of early league leaders Rangers having played two games fewer than their city rivals.Odsonne Edouard's continued absence left Neil Lennon with a decision over the striker-free line-up that fell to the Hungarians, or so it was thought.Instead, the manager stuck to his guns and named the same side, again placing Ryan Christie at the tip of his forward line.It left new arrival David Turnbull waiting for a debut following his midweek arrival from the Steelmen.He watched from the bench as the opening 20 minutes passed with barely an incident to register, a marauding run from Well centre-back Bevis Mugabi the only break from Celtic.
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