Neil Lennon

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]

Neil Lennon

Personal information
Full name	Neil Francis Lennon [1]
Date of birth	(1971-06-25) 25 June 1971 (age 54)
Place of birth	Lurgan, Northern Ireland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Celtic (manager)
Youth career
1987-1989	Manchester City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1988	Glenavon	?	(1)
1989–1990	Manchester City	1	(0)
1990–1996	Crewe Alexandra	147	(15)
1996–2000	Leicester City	170	(6)
2000–2007	Celtic	214	(3)
2007–2008	Nottingham Forest	18	(0)
2008	Wycombe Wanderers	9	(0)
Total		?	(26)
International career
	Northern Ireland U21	2	(0)
	Northern Ireland U23	2	(0)
	Northern Ireland B	1	(0)
1994–2002	Northern Ireland	40	(2)
Managerial career
2010–	Celtic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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	070.04
Bolton Wanderers	12 October 2014	15 March 2016	79	18	26	35	022.78
Hibernian	8 June 2016	30 January 2019	123	59	40	24	047.97
Celtic	26 February 2019	24 February 2021	110	77	17	16	070.00
Omonia	8 March 2022	18 October 2022	29	11	8	10	037.93
Total			568	324	120	124	057.04

Honours

Player

Crewe Alexandra

• Football League Third Division promotion: 1993–94^[7]

Leicester City

• League Cup (2): 1996–97,^[8] 1999–2000^[8]
• First Division play-offs: 1995–96^[9]

Celtic

• Scottish Premier League (5): 2000–01,^[8] 2001–02,^[8] 2003–04,^[8] 2005–06,^[8] 2006–07^[8]
• Scottish Cup (4): 2000–01,^[8] 2003–04,^[9] 2004–05,^[9] 2006–07^[8]
• Scottish League Cup (2): 2000–01,^[8] 2005–06^[8]
• UEFA Cup runner-up: 2002–03^[10]

Nottingham Forest

• Football League One promotion: 2007–08^[9]

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year: 1993–94 Third Division,^[11] 1994–95 Second Division,^[11] 1995–96 Second Division^[12]

Manager

Celtic

• Scottish Premier League / Premiership (5): 2011–12,^[13] 2012–13,^[9] 2013–14,^[14] 2018–19, 2019–20^[15]
• Scottish Cup (4): 2010–11,^[16] 2012–13,^[17] 2018–19, 2019–20^[18]
• Scottish League Cup: 2019–20^[19]

Hibernian

• Scottish Championship: 2016–17^[20]

Omonia

• Cypriot Cup: 2021–22^[21]

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^[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