Neil Lennon

**Neil Francis Lennon** (born 25 June 1971) is a football manager and former player from Northern Ireland. He is the manager and former captain of Celtic.

During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City before moving to Scottish club Celtic where he made over 200 appearances as a midfielder. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England to represent Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers.

Lennon made 40 appearances for Northern Ireland in nine years, scoring two goals.

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Celtic|align=left|25 March 2010|align=left|22 May 2014|||
|align=left|Bolton Wanderers|align=left|12 October 2014|align=left|15 March 2016|||
|align=left|Hibernian|align=left|8 June 2016|align=left|30 January 2019|||
|align=left|Celtic|align=left|26 February 2019|align=left|24 February 2021|||
|align=left|Omonia|align=left|8 March 2022|align=left|18 October 2022|||

### Player

**Crewe Alexandra**
- Football League Third Division promotion: 1993–94

**Leicester City**
- League Cup (2): 1996–97, 1999–2000
- First Division play-offs: 1995–96

**Celtic**
- Scottish Premier League (5): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07
- Scottish Cup (4): 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07
- Scottish League Cup (2): 2000–01, 2005–06
- UEFA Cup runner-up: 2002–03

**Nottingham Forest**
- Football League One promotion: 2007–08

**Individual**
- PFA Team of the Year: 1993–94 Third Division, 1994–95 Second Division, 1995–96 Second Division

### Manager

**Celtic**
- Scottish Premier League / Premiership (5): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Scottish Cup (4): 2010–11, 2012–13, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Scottish League Cup: 2019–20

**Hibernian**
- Scottish Championship: 2016–17

**Omonia**
- Cypriot Cup: 2021–22

## Awards and achievements

- **Player**
- PFA Team of the Year (Third Division): 1993–94
- PFA Team of the Year (Second Division) (2): 1994–95, 1995–96
- Northern Ireland International Personality of the Year (1): 2001
- Celtic FC Player of the Year (2): 2003–04, 2005–06

- **Manager**
- SPL Manager of the Year: 2011–12
- SFWA Manager of the Year (3): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2019–20
- _Sunday Mail_ Sports Awards Editors' Choice: 2012
- SPL Player of the Month (3): March 2001, March 2004, April 2007
- SPL Manager of the Month (8): September 2010, January 2011, April 2011, November 2011, December 2011, February 2012, April 2012, December 2012
- SPFL Premiership Manager of the Month (3): December 2013, January 2014, October 2017
- SPFL Championship Manager of the Month (2): August 2016, January 2017

## Infobox (football biography)

- **playername**: Neil Lennon
- **image**: File:Neil lennon and excalibur.jpg
- **fullname**: Neil Francis Lennon
- **birth place**: Lurgan, Northern Ireland
- **position**: Midfielder
- **currentclub**: Celtic F.C., Celtic (manager (football), manager)
- **youthyears1**: 1987-1989
- **youthclubs1**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **years1**: 1987–1988
- **caps1**: ?
- **goals1**: 1
- **clubs1**: Glenavon F.C., Glenavon
- **years2**: 1989–1990
- **caps2**: 1
- **goals2**: 0
- **clubs2**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **years3**: 1990–1996
- **caps3**: 147
- **goals3**: 15
- **clubs3**: Crewe Alexandra F.C., Crewe Alexandra
- **years4**: 1996–2000
- **caps4**: 170
- **goals4**: 6
- **clubs4**: Leicester City F.C., Leicester City
- **years5**: 2000–2007
- **caps5**: 214
- **goals5**: 3
- **clubs5**: Celtic F.C., Celtic
- **years6**: 2007–2008
- **caps6**: 18
- **goals6**: 0
- **clubs6**: Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest
- **years7**: 2008
- **caps7**: 9
- **goals7**: 0
- **clubs7**: Wycombe Wanderers F.C., Wycombe Wanderers
- **totalcaps**: ?
- **totalgoals**: 26
- **nationalteam1**: Northern Ireland national under-21 football team, Northern Ireland U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalteam2**: Northern Ireland national under-23 football team, Northern Ireland U23
- **nationalcaps2**: 2
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalteam3**: Northern Ireland B national football team, Northern Ireland B
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 1994–2002
- **nationalteam4**: Northern Ireland national football team, Northern Ireland
- **nationalcaps4**: 40
- **nationalgoals4**: 2
- **manageryears1**: 2010–
- **managerclubs1**: Celtic F.C., Celtic