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.
Neil Lennon gushes over Odsonne Edouard as Celtic boss hails 'special talent'
dailyrecord.co.ukOdsonne Edouard after the Frenchman's brilliant hat-trick against Hamilton. The striker grabbed three goals as his side put Hamilton to the sword on the opening day of the season as they started their quest to win 10 In A Row.Edouard often scores some stunning strikes and has an array of talent in his locker that can see him score long range efforts, free kicks or acrobatic goals.
But every one of his treble on Sunday was within 10 yards of the goal and Lennon admits he loved that about the game because he showed he can do anything.
He told Sky Sports: "He's a special talent. He's started the season brilliantly. He's got so much to his game and what has pleased me over the last 12 to 15 months is the amount of goals he's scoring as well..
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