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.
Scott Brown would be a perfect Celtic manager says Jeremie Frimpong as he details in game advice from Parkhead skipper
dailyrecord.co.ukScott Brown is perfect Celtic manager material.The former Hoops defender – who joined Bayer Leverkusen in a bumper £11.5m move in January – was gutted to see old gaffer Neil Lennon depart Parkhead last week.Celtic have started the search for a successor, with the long list of names in the frame growing by the day, with former Huddersfield Town boss David Wagner tipped for the job, along with big hitters such as Eddie Howe, Frank Lampard and Steve Clarke.But Frimpong reckons Celts could have the ideal candidate closer to home as the skipper is destined to end up in the dugout when he eventually hangs up his boots.Brown’s contract is up at the end of the season and he has been told by outgoing chief executive Peter Lawwell there is a deal on.
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