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.
Neil Lennon agonises over Celtic goal poser as he names his pick of 'outstanding' strikes
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon has picked his Celtic goal of the season from a showreel of "outstanding" strikes. The Hoops boss named Callum McGregor 's stunner against his Motherwell at Fir Park in February as his pick of the bunch.
Capping off a 4-0 win, the midfielder volleyed home spectacularly following sharp play from Olivier Ntcham, Ryan Christie and James Forrest.Lennon also gave a nod to important goals from Ntcham away at Lazio and Christopher Jullien in the Betfred Cup Final. “I think the most significant one would be Ollie’s against Lazio and then Chris Jullien’s in the cup final because they were two stand-out moments," Lennon told the Celtic View podcast.“Callum McGregor’s goal at Fir Park was a great goal.
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