Neil Lennon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Neil Lennon

Footballer and manager

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1971

Place of Birth: Lurgan, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Profession: association football manager, association football player, Gaelic football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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.
Lennon enjoyed significant success as Celtic manager, winning three Scottish league championships, two Scottish Cups, qualifying for the group stage of the Champions League twice and the knockout stages once, before leaving the club in May 2014.
After an unsuccessful spell with Bolton Wanderers, where the club suffered financial problems, Lennon returned to Scottish football in 2016 with Hibernian.
He led them to a promotion in his first season as head coach, and European qualification in his second season.
Lennon left Hibernian in January 2019 and returned to Celtic a month later, appointed manager until the end of the 2018–19 season whereby they renewed his contract after he guided them to the league and scottish cup titles.