Neil Lennon

Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971)Neil Lennon  Football-Heroes is a football manager and former player from Northern Ireland. He is the managerCeltic appoint Neil Lennon as their new manager Times Online, 9 June 2010 (subscription)Lennon the way forward for Celtic UEFA.com, 9 June 2010 and former captain of Celtic.Tony Mowbray leaves Celtic  STV Sport, 25 March 2010

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

+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecordCeltic25 March 201022 May 2014Bolton Wanderers12 October 201415 March 2016Hibernian8 June 201630 January 2019Celtic26 February 201924 February 2021Omonia8 March 202218 October 2022Total

Honours

Player
Crewe Alexandra
Football League Third Division promotion: 1993–94

Leicester City
League Cup (2): 1996–97,Lennon the man to lead Celtic's revival  The Belfast Telegraph, 9 June 2010 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, 2019–20Celtic win fourth straight Scottish Cup as Hazard's shootout saves break Hearts, Ewan Murray, The Guardian, 20 December 2020
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

References

Category:1971 births
Category:Living people
Category:Northern Irish footballers
Category:Northern Irish football managers
Category:Premier League players
Category:Leicester City F.C. players
Category:Manchester City F.C. players
Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. players