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Neil Lennon (born June 25, 1971 in Lurgan, County Armagh) is a Northern Irish professional footballer, who currently plays for Celtic F.C. in the Scottish Premier League. He plays midfield.
After coming up as a trainee at Manchester City in 1989, Lennon has played for Crewe and Leicester City, before moving to the club he supported as a boy, Celtic, in 2000. For Northern Ireland, Lennon has been capped 40 times, scoring two goals. He has captained the squad a few times.
Lennon, who is Catholic, decided to retire from international football in August 2002 upon receiving sectarian Loyalist death threats before a Northern Ireland match versus Cyprus. The threats were precipitated by his move to Celtic, a traditionally Catholic club.
Lennon caused much controversy in his performance in the Old Firm match on November 20, 2004. Video evidence showed that the Celtic midfielder had shouted sectarian abuse at both the Rangers management team and supporters, this was confirmed by an independent expert lip-reader. Template:Footybio-stub
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