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.
Former Celtic defender Marvin Compper has been handed a prominent role at Lokomotiv Moscow after hanging up his boots last year.
The German centre-back was recruited from RB Leipzig in January 2018 but failed to make any substantial impact under Brendan Rodgers or Neil Lennon.
Injuries didn't help but he managed just a single appearance before heading back to his native Germany 18 months after signing at Parkhead.Compper, now 36, joined Duisburg in the third tier and managed 25 appearances.
But after just one season he hung up his boots and began coaching at the club.Get all the latest Celtic news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the
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