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.
Odsonne Edouard tipped to be Celtic's Scottish Cup Final hero as Neil Lennon pinpoints the big issue affecting star striker
dailyrecord.co.ukOdsonne Edouard to shoot Celtic to a historic quadruple Treble.The Hoops boss believes the out-of-sorts French striker will steal the Scottish Cup Final show against Hearts on Sunday.Edouard has found the net just once in the last seven Premiership outings and has scored only five times in the league.But Lennon believes the floodgates could open for the 22-year-old against the Jambos at Hampden.He scored twice in last year’s final and the Hoops chief said: “These occasions bring the best out in Odsonne.
He is a big-game player.“That’s a great thing to have and it speaks volumes for his character as you forget how young he is.“He is quality and is a real talismanic figure for us.
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