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.
Rangers, Celtic, Aberdeen and Motherwell's Europa League potential playoff opponents revealed
dailyrecord.co.ukEuropa League playoff round is made in Nyon on Friday. Celtic were assured of their place in the champions path after being eliminated from the Champions League by Ferencvaros, and will face Tre Fiori or Riga.
Neil Lennon's side have now been joined by all three other Premiership representatives.Rangers eased past Lincoln Red Imps 5-0, while Aberdeen secured an impressive win away to Viking.
Motherwell were made to sweat against Coleraine, but triumphed on penalties after a 2-2 draw. While all four have third round ties to play, they'll be in the hat for the playoff round draw in Switzerland and has worked out the permutations to see who each could draw.
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