Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971)[2] is a football manager and former player from Northern Ireland . He is the manager [3] [4] and former captain of Celtic .[5]
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.
As of match played 18 October 2022 [6]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team
From
To
Record
P
W
D
L
Win %
Celtic
25 March 2010
22 May 2014
227
159
29
39
0 70.04
Bolton Wanderers
12 October 2014
15 March 2016
79
18
26
35
0 22.78
Hibernian
8 June 2016
30 January 2019
123
59
40
24
0 47.97
Celtic
26 February 2019
24 February 2021
110
77
17
16
0 70.00
Omonia
8 March 2022
18 October 2022
29
11
8
10
0 37.93
Total
568
324
120
124
0 57.04
Crewe Alexandra
Leicester City
Celtic
Nottingham Forest
Individual
PFA Team of the Year: 1993–94 Third Division,[11] 1994–95 Second Division,[11] 1995–96 Second Division[12] Celtic
Hibernian
Scottish Championship: 2016–17[20] Omonia
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[22]
Celtic FC Player of the Year (2): 2003–04,[23] 2005–06 Manager SPL Manager of the Year: 2011–12[24]
SFWA Manager of the Year (3): 2011–12,[13] 2012–13,[24] 2019–20[25]
Sunday Mail Sports Awards Editors' Choice: 2012[26]
SPL Player of the Month (3): March 2001,[24] March 2004,[24] April 2007[24]
SPL Manager of the Month (8): September 2010,[27] January 2011,[28] April 2011,[24] November 2011,[29] December 2011,[24] February 2012,[24] April 2012,[24] December 2012[24]
SPFL Premiership Manager of the Month (3): December 2013,[24] January 2014,[24] October 2017[30]
SPFL Championship Manager of the Month (2): August 2016, January 2017
↑ Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005 . Queen Anne Press. p. 367. ISBN 1852916656 .
↑ Neil Lennon Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Football-Heroes
↑ Celtic appoint Neil Lennon as their new manager Times Online, 9 June 2010 (subscription)
↑ Lennon the way forward for Celtic UEFA.com, 9 June 2010
↑ Tony Mowbray leaves Celtic Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine STV Sport, 25 March 2010
↑ "Neil Lennon managerial statistics" . Soccerbase . CenturyComm. Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013 .
↑ "Lennon realises dream to join his idols Celtic" . The Daily Telegraph . 7 December 2000. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019 .
↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 Lennon the man to lead Celtic's revival Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Belfast Telegraph , 9 June 2010
↑ "Porto end Celtic's Uefa dream" . 21 May 2003. Archived from the original on 5 May 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2020 .
↑ 11.0 11.1 Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes . p. 150.
↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1996). The 1996–97 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 285 . ISBN 978-1-85291-571-1 .
↑ 13.0 13.1 Fisher, Stewart (6 May 2012). "Title just the start for Lennon" . Sunday Herald . Herald & Times Group. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012 .
↑ "Celtic 3 Dundee Utd 1: champion Hoops take home the trophy" . Herald . 11 May 2014. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014 .
↑ "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season" . BBC Sport . 18 May 2020. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020 .
↑ Conaghan, Martin (21 May 2011). "Motherwell 0–3 Celtic" . BBC Sport . Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011 .
↑ Lamont, Alasdair (26 May 2013). "Scottish Cup final: Hibernian 0–3 Celtic" . BBC Sport . Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2013 .
↑ Celtic win fourth straight Scottish Cup as Hazard's shootout saves break Hearts , Ewan Murray, The Guardian, 20 December 2020
↑ "Rangers 0 – 1 Celtic" . BBC Sport . 8 December 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019 .
↑ "Hibernian seal Championship title: Neil Lennon revels in 'heady days' " . BBC Sport . 15 April 2017. Archived from the original on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017 .
↑ Meikle, Blair (25 May 2022). "Neil Lennon guides Omonia Nicosia to Cypriot Cup despite sending off" . Football Scotland . Retrieved 25 May 2022 .
↑ Brodie, Malcolm (14 May 2001). "Lennon wins top award from Irish journalists" . The Telegraph . Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2013 .
↑ "Contrasting fortunes of men who wore No.7" . The Herald (Glasgow) . 15 May 2004. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019 .
↑ 24.00 24.01 24.02 24.03 24.04 24.05 24.06 24.07 24.08 24.09 24.10 24.11 "Neil Lennon" . Northern Ireland's Football Greats. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014 .
↑ "Neil Lennon is manager of the year" . SFWA. 6 June 2020. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020 .
↑ "Scotland's sporting heroes prepare themselves for a night of honour" . Daily Record . 11 November 2012. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019 .
↑ "Monthly Awards – September 2010" . cbfootball.co.uk . Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011 .
↑ "Monthly Awards – January 2011" . cbfootball.co.uk . Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011 .
↑ "Celtic's Neil Lennon, Gary Hooper and James Forrest win awards" . BBC Sport . 9 December 2011. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2011 .
↑ "Neil Lennon: Hibernian boss named manager of month for October" . BBC Sport . BBC. 7 November 2017. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017 .