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 on paper.He only hopes his old club can continue their recent upturn in form under Neil Lennon, win the Scottish Cup on Sunday, and prove they can stop Rangers at Ibrox on January 2.He said: “Last time I saw Rangers play in Europe I didn’t think they were a top team.“Okay, they are a team in top form.
They win their league games easily, they qualify for the knockout rounds of the Europa League.“But in my time they had Amoruso, Van Bronckhorst, a lot of good Dutch players, Jorg Albertz.“Rangers is similar to Celtic at the moment, but they are in better form.”Moravcik had to overcome bad times at Celtic before enjoying the glory of a treble-winning season in 2000-01.The lowest point of his career came with that Scottish Cup exit to.
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