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.
Ferencvaros chief shares his Celtic confidence surge over 'terrifying' Champions League League absence
dailyrecord.co.ukChampions League shock. The Hoops face the Budapest side in the one-legged, second qualifying round tie at Parkhead after Neil Lennon 's side easily brushed aside KR Reykjavik.
Ferencvaros looked good as they defeated Swedish champions Djurgardens in their first round tie and Hajnal is convinced they can spring a surprise against the Premiership champions.
He said: "The favourites are clearly Celtic, but our recent record in European competition have shown we have nothing to be afraid of and that we believe in ourselves. "We are confident we can surprise Celtic in Glasgow. "Celtic are a side who have a long history in the Champions League, but they said that last year about Dinamo Zagreb and we managed to get a 1-1 draw in Croatia."While we.
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