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.
Neil Lennon? All the talk has been on the Celtic manager's floundering domestic campaign with an 11-point Premiership deficit but last time out in Europe a 4-1 defeat to Sparta Prague turned the tide of discontent among the support.
Now comes a chance to right that wrong as his Hoops side travel to the Czech capital in the hope of finally turning a corner following the weekend's draw with Hibs.
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