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 grabs consolation but Celtic are undone by Moussa Dembele
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon would have been less chummy about his challenge that could have crocked Hatem Abd Elhamed.The defender suffered enough injury woe last term and gave his gaffer a fright in the 2-1 defeat in France after a late lunge by Dembele.Elhamed shook it off but it was a bruising night for Celtic’s youngsters in general as the French cracks turned on the style with star Memphis Depay running the show.Lennon put out a shadow side for an hour and while some got pass marks, a couple of others found it hard to strengthen their cases.It was a useful workout though against an impressive outfit – but it stung seeing Dembele turn it on again.Celtic made a fortune on the hitman when he took the huff and headed off for almost £20m but it’s easy to.
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