Neil Lennon

Preceded by	Northern Ireland International Personality of the Year	Succeeded by
David Healy	2001	Aaron Hughes

Name: Neil Francis Lennon
Born: 25 June 1971, Lurgan
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 11.06 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 40 Full Caps / 2 Goals (1994-2002), 1 ‘B’ Caps (1994), 1 Under-23 Cap (1990); 2 Under-21 Caps (1990-1994), Under-19, Under-17.
Club Honours: (with Leicester) Football League Cup Winner 1996/97, 1999/00, Runner-Up 1998/99; Football League Division One Play-Off Winner 1995/96 (promoted); (with Celtic) Scottish Premier League Champion 2000/01, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2006/07; Scottish Cup Winner 2000/01, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2006/07, Runner-Up 2001/02; Scottish League Cup Winner 2000/01, 2005/06, Runner-Up 2002/03; UEFA Cup Runner-Up 2002/03; (with Forest) Football League One Runner-Up (promoted) 2007/08.
Awards: Northern Ireland International Personality of the Year 2001; SPL Player of the Month March 2001, March 2004, April 2007.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Others
Lurgan Celtic	-	-	Youth	-	-	-	-	-
Glenavon	-	-	Youth	*2 (0)/ 2	*	*	-	*
Manchester City	87/8-89/0	1987	Youth	1 (0)/ 0	-	-	-	-
Crewe.Alexandra	90/1-95/6	Aug-90	Free	142 (5)/15	16(0)/1	8(1)/1	-	15(0)/1
Leicester City	95/6-00/1	Feb-96	£0.75m	169 (1)/ 6	8(0)/0	23(0)/3	4(0)/0	3(0)/0
Celtic	00/1-06/7	Dec-00	£5.75m	212 (2)/ 3	26(0)/0	10(1)/0	52(1)/0	-
Nott'm Forest	07/8	Jun-07	Free	15 (3)/ 0	1(0)/0	2(0)/0	-	0(1)/0
Wycombe Wdrs	07/8	Jan-08	Free	8 (1)/ 0	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£6.50m		549(12)/26	51(0)/1	43(2)/4	56(1)/0	18(1)/1

Coaching Career:
Celtic
First Team Coach (Apr/08 - Jun/09)
Reserve Team Manager (Jun/09 - Mar/10)
Caretaker Manager (Mar/10 - Jun/10)
Manager (Jun/10 - May/14)
Bolton Wanderers
Manager (Oct/14 - Mar/16)
Hibernian

Manager (Jun/16-Jan/19)
Celtic

Interim Manager (Feb/19-May/19)

Manager (May/19-Feb/21)

Omonia Nicosia

Manager (Mar/22-Oct/22)

Rapid Bucharest

Head Coach (May/24-date)

Managerial Awards:
(with Celtic)
Scottish League Champion 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2018/19, 2019/20
Scottish Cup Winner 2010/11, 2012/13, 2018/19, 2019/20 (played 20-Dec-2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic)

Scottish League Cup Winner 2019/20.

(with Hibs)

Scottish Championship Winner 2016/17

(with Omonia Nicosia)

Cypriot Cup Winner 2021/22

Managerial Awards:
SPL Manager of the Year 2011/12
SFWA Manager of the Year 2011/12, 2012/13, 2019/20
SPL Manager of the Month Sep-10, Jan-11, Apr-11, Nov-11, Dec-11, Feb-12, Apr-12, Dec-12
SPFL Premiership Manager of the Month Dec-13, Jan-14, Oct-17

SPFL Championship Manager of the Month Aug-16, Jan-17

Biography:
Neil Lennon was appointed as Celtic manager on 9th June 2010. He had served as interim-manager since Tony Mowbray's sacking in March having served as first-team coach and reserve team manager since his playing career ended in 2008. He won his first trophy as manager when Celtic defeated Motherwell 3-0 in the 2011 Scottish Cup final and the following season led the Bhoys to the SPL title, repeating the feat in 2013.

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Wikipedia

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
11-06-1994 Mexico....... N L 0-3 FR sub
25-05-1995 Chile........ N L 1-2 FR
03-09-1995 Portugal..... A D 1-1 ECQ
11-10-1995 Liechtenstein A W 4-0 ECQ
15-11-1995 Austria...... H W 5-3 ECQ
27-03-1996 Norway....... H L 0-2 FR
31-08-1996 Ukraine...... H L 0-1 WCQ
05-10-1996 Armenia...... H D 1-1 WCQ 1 Goal
09-11-1996 Germany...... A D 1-1 WCQ
14-12-1996 Albania...... H W 2-0 WCQ
11-02-1997 Belgium...... H W 3-0 FR
29-03-1997 Portugal..... H D 0-0 WCQ
02-04-1997 Ukraine...... A L 1-2 WCQ
30-04-1997 Armenia...... A D 0-0 WCQ
21-05-1997 Thailand..... A D 0-0 FR
20-08-1997 Germany...... H L 1-3 WCQ
10-09-1997 Albania...... A L 0-1 WCQ
11-10-1997 Portugal..... A L 0-1 WCQ
25-03-1998 Slovakia..... H W 1-0 FR
22-04-1998 Switzerland.. H W 1-0 FR
03-06-1998 Spain........ A L 1-4 FR
15-09-1998 Turkey....... A L 0-3 ECQ
10-10-1998 Finland...... H W 1-0 ECQ
18-11-1998 Moldova...... H D 2-2 ECQ 1 Goal
27-03-1999 Germany...... H L 0-3 ECQ
31-03-1999 Moldova...... A D 0-0 ECQ
29-05-1999 Rep. Ireland. A W 1-0 FR
18-08-1999 France....... H L 0-1 FR
04-09-1999 Turkey....... H L 0-3 ECQ
09-09-1999 Germany...... A L 0-4 ECQ
10-10-1999 Finland...... A L 1-4 ECQ
28-03-2000 Malta........ A W 3-0 FR
26-04-2000 Hungary...... H L 0-1 FR
07-10-2000 Denmark...... H D 1-1 WCQ
11-10-2000 Iceland...... A L 0-1 WCQ
28-02-2001 Norway....... H L 0-4 FR
24-03-2001 Czech Rep.... H L 0-1 WCQ
28-03-2001 Bulgaria..... A L 3-4 WCQ
02-06-2001 Bulgaria..... H L 0-1 WCQ
13-02-2002 Poland....... N L 1-4 FR sub

Summary: 38(2)/2. Won 9, Drew 9, Lost 22.

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
10-05-1994 England...... A L 2-4 FR

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details:
15-05-1990 Rep. Ireland. H L 2-3 FR

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
02-04-1990 Israel....... H W 2-1 FR
22-03-1994 Romania...... H D 0-0 FR

Summary: 2/0. Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 0.

Photo courtesy of greenandwhitearmy.net (taken after 1-1 draw in Nuremburg, 9/11/1996)