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.
Ally McCoist after winning a UEFA Cup tie at Ibrox. During his excellent spell in charge of Bayer Leverkusen, he was eliminated by Dick Advocaat’s Rangers at the Round of 32 in 1998.
Yet neither of those missed opportunities come close to matching Christoph Daum’s biggest regret. That was rejecting Celtic seven years ago following Neil Lennon’s resignation from his first spell in charge at Parkhead.
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