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.
Ange Postecoglou anguish as Celtic manager's Marinos exit turns club upside down
dailyrecord.co.ukAnge Postecoglou at Yokohama Marinos has conceded the club are struglling big time after he joined Celtic. The Australian exited the Japanese club last week to become the permanent successor to Neil Lennon.But in their first game in the post-Postecoglou era, Yokohama slumped to a 3-1 J League Cup defeat at home to Consadole Sapporo.
And caretaker manager, Hideki Matsunaga, believes the players' performances have suffered after Postecoglou opted to leave for Celtic.
He said: "The staff and players have had a very tough time mentally for the past two weeks."The resignation of the manager has made it difficult to adjust.Get all the latest Celtic news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of.
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