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]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neil Francis Lennon [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 June 1971 (aged 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Lurgan, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club 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) | |
| National team | |||
| Northern Ireland U21 | 2 | (0) | |
| Northern Ireland U23 | 2 | (0) | |
| Northern Ireland B | 1 | (0) | |
| 1994–2002 | Northern Ireland | 40 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010– | Celtic | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Celtic | 25 March 2010 | 22 May 2014 | 227 | 159 | 29 | 39 | 70.04 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 12 October 2014 | 15 March 2016 | 79 | 18 | 26 | 35 | 22.78 |
| Hibernian | 8 June 2016 | 30 January 2019 | 123 | 59 | 40 | 24 | 47.97 |
| Celtic | 26 February 2019 | 24 February 2021 | 110 | 77 | 17 | 16 | 70.00 |
| Omonia | 8 March 2022 | 18 October 2022 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 37.93 |
| Total | 568 | 324 | 120 | 124 | 57.04 | ||
Honours
Player
Crewe Alexandra
- Football League Third Division promotion: 1993–94[7]
Leicester City
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
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
Omonia
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
Neil Lennon Media
Neil Lennon returned to play for Celtic in the John Kennedy testimonial match, 9 August 2011
Emilio Izaguirre was voted SPFA Player of the Year in 2011
References
- ↑ 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[dead link] 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
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 "Neil Lennon profile". NIFG. 28 January 2007. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ↑ (in en-GB) Porto end Celtic's Uefa dream. 21 May 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/3043029.stm. 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). http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/title-just-the-start-for-lennon.17505050. 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. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/9491542.stm. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ↑ Lamont, Alasdair (26 May 2013). "Scottish Cup final: Hibernian 0–3 Celtic". BBC Sport. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22585339. 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. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39608900. 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. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/northern-ireland/3005391/Lennon-wins-top-award-from-Irish-journalists.html. 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. 11 November 2012. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/other-sports/scotlands-sporting-heroes-prepare-themselves-1430213. 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. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16110735.stm. 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.
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