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.
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dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic in the Champions League.The Hungarian side are set to take on the Premiership champions at Parkhead on Wednesday night in a crunch second round qualifying tie.Rebrov's side went undefeated in seven away games in the Champions League qualifiers or Europa League last term - racking up five draws and two wins.However, they ultimately failed to get out of their Europe League group which included Espanyol, CSKA Moscow and Ludogorets.Looking forward to the one-legged second qualifier at the home of Neil Lennon 's side, the former Tottenham, West Ham and Ukraine striker said: "Of course I believe, not only tomorrow night but three more rounds (before group stage) and we have to be ready for all of them."I said to the players last year that.
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