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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.

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Neil Lennon on brink of post Celtic glory as Omonia Nicosia open Europa League back door with semi-final win

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Neil Lennon is on the brink of his first trophy since leaving Celtic after his Omonia Nicosia team advanced to the Cypriot Cup Final.

And the Irishman could be returning to the Europa League as a result with the eventual champions going into qualifying. The former Parkhead and Hibs boss has been in charge in Cyprus since March as he looks to rebuild the 2020/21 league champions.

He's had a strong start tasting defeat just once so far and they booked their place in the cup semi-finals with a two-leg victory over AEL Limassol.They won 2-0 at Anorthosis in the first leg of the semis to put one foot in the final last week.

And tonight Lennon 's team saw out the second leg with a hard-fought 1-1 draw on home turf. They went ahead early on and appeared to be cruising on aggregate when Adam Lang opened the scoring.Hector Yuste's sending off moments later though made it difficult and Anorthosis pulled one back on 23 minutes to keep it interesting.But Lennon's team saw it out and they will head to the national stadium on 25 May.And should they beat PAEEK they would qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round.

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