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.
Europa League group stage again. Neil Lennon's side have travelled to Bosnia for a play off showdown with Sarajevo and the winner will take their place in Friday's draw.
The Premiership champions edged past Latvian outfit Riga with a late, late goal in the last round and all of a green and white persuasion will be hoping they don't cut it so fine again.
But Celtic are firm favourites for this tie, not least because they comfortably saw off the very same opponent in Champions League qualifying last season.
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