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.
Gheorghe Hagi reveals Celtic admiration as he rolls out red carpet for Neil Lennon in Bucharest
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon has been applauded for his success at 'big club' Celtic - by none other than Gheorghe Hagi.Lennon heads to Romania for the next chapter of his increasingly nomadic managerial career and few know Romanian football quite like Hagi, one of his country's most famous footballer ever.
He has close connections to the Scottish game too, his son Ianis still under contract at Rangers and set to return to Philippe Clement's team after an unsuccessful loan stint at Alaves.
Lennon will come up against former Real Madrid and Barcelona icon Hagi next season because the Romanian legend is both owner and manager of Farul Constanta, who won the league last year but could only finish in fourth place this term.
And Hagi - whose son Ianis will return to Rangers this summer after an unsuccessful loan spell at Alaves - admits he is an admirer of Lennon's previous work.
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