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.
Rangers coefficient target revealed as Celtic's parting gift tees up nailbiting Champions League shootout
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic may have exited the Europa League stage left but they left a parting coefficient gift before taking their leave. It was a miserable campaign for Neil Lennon's side but they rallied to salvage some pride in Thursday's victory over Lille.A dead rubber it may have been, but the coefficient points dished out remain the same.And it comes as a timely helping hand for Rangers as they go into the draw for the last 32.The Ibrox outfit have largely carried the coefficient can this term, progressing from their section as winners and may well have wondered when their city rivals were going to lend a helping hand.
Scotland now pretty much faces a straight shootout with Ukraine in the bid to land an automatic Champions League group stage place.
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