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.
Celtic player ratings as Shane Duffy suffers another nightmare in Sparta Prague thrashing
dailyrecord.co.ukEuropa League elimination. Neil Lennon 's side made it one win in six as they were taken apart by the Czechs at Parkhead, with Lukas Julis helping himself to a hat-trick.
The visitors held a 2-0 lead at the break but Leigh Griffiths reduced the arrears in the second half. Celtic couldn't set up a grandstand finish though, with Julis grabbing his third of the evening before Ladislav Krejci made it four, It was an embarrassing night for the Premiership champions and here's how their players rated.Scott Bain The keeper played his part in keeping Sparta at bay with several saves but there’s only so much one man can do when the defence in front of him is falling to pieces.
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