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.
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dailyrecord.co.ukIbrox men have collected 59 points in their 21 games so far and are undefeated, but even more impressive is the 17 clean sheets they have racked up along the way, with only five goals lost in total so far.While Celtic have three games in hand, they sit 16 points behind their rivals and know defeat at Ibrox would leave their dreams of reaching 10 In A Row all but dead in the water.The Hoops have had their ups and downs this term but have rebuilt their confidence on the back of a six game winning run that also saw them secure the quadruple Treble.Neil Lennon, a manager whose time at the club looked to have run out, has been able to mark his name into the history books as the only man to have ever won a treble as both a player and manager in.
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