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.
5 talking points as Moi Elyounoussi gets Celtic out of jail with late Europa League winner
dailyrecord.co.ukEuropa League play-off round, but it was an alarmingly flat performance in Riga. The visitors dominated the ball, but while they huffed and puffed they couldn't blow the Latvian house down.
It looked as though the Premiership champions would be forced to extra time and possibly penalties, but substitutes Jeremie Frimpong and Elyounoussi combined to get them out of jail.
Odsonne Edouard returned to the starting XI as Neil Lennon made three changes to the side that had defeated Livingston last time out.
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