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 states his case for Aberdeen job live on radio as he has theory on why Warnock didn't 'get it right'
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon has taken to live radio to throw his name into the hat for the Aberdeen job as he looks to make his management comeback.The 52-year-old has been out of work since leaving Cypriot side AC Omonia in October 2022, despite leading them to glory in the domestic cup.
Last week Lennon told Record Sport that he would be interested in the position at Pittodrie, which has now been vacated by interim boss Neil Warnock.
Dons chief executive Alan Burrows has confirmed that the club are now in the process of interviewing candidates for the job, and hope to have a new man in place before Aberdeen return from the upcoming international break to face Ross County on March 30.
First team coach Peter Leven has stepped in until a new manager is appointed, and will take charge of the side's next two games against Dundee and Motherwell.
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