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.
Odsonne Edouard Celtic transfer boost as Neil Lennon issues confident deadline prediction
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic completed a decade of group stage European football.On a stodgy night in Zenica Scotland’s champions struggled to see off a stuffy Sarajevo side before talisman Odsonne Edouard stabbed home the only goal of the game with just 20 minutes to spare.The win means Celtic go into the hat at Friday lunchtime having secured a £10m Europa League jackpot - and maintained a qualification run which spans back to Lennon’s first stint in charge.The manager said: “I was very aware of that before the game.
We didn’t want to be the ones to end the run so from a personal point of view it pleases me that we’ve go the group stages to look forward to.“You just never know what the draw will bring so we’re hoping to get another couple of cracking games.
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