Steven Lennon

Steven Lennon (born 20 January 1988) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a forward in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild for FH.

For other people with the same name, see Stephen Lennon.

Steven Lennon
Personal information
Full name Steven Lennon[1]
Date of birth (1988-01-20) 20 January 1988
Place of birth Irvine, Scotland
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 FH
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Rangers 3 (0)
2008–2009 → Partick Thistle (loan) 8 (0)
2010 → Lincoln City (loan) 19 (3)
2010 Dundalk 9 (0)
2011 Newport County 9 (0)
2011–2013 Fram 37 (14)
2013–2014 Sandnes Ulf 28 (3)
2014– FH 128 (75)
National team‡
2006–2007 Scotland U19 4 (0)
2008 Scotland U21 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:56, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

He has previously played for Rangers, Partick Thistle, Lincoln City, Dundalk, Newport County, Fram Reykjavík and Sandnes Ulf.[2][3]

Career

Rangers

Lennon was born in Irvine, North Ayrshire. He started off his career as a midfielder but changed to a striker, becoming a regular for the Rangers reserve team. He made his debut for the Rangers first team in a Scottish Premier League match against Inverness on 27 December 2006, coming on as a substitute for Nacho Novo.[4]

Lennon became known as a prolific goalscorer, scoring numerous goals for Rangers' under-19s in the 2006–07 season including a hat-trick in a 3–3 draw with Dundee United. He then scored a hat-trick in Rangers' 5–0 defeat of rivals Celtic in the Scottish Youth Cup final on 26 April 2007.[5]

On 3 December 2007, Lennon signed a new contract that was to have seen him tied to the club until at least 2010.[6]

Lennon joined Partick Thistle on loan on 16 August 2008. The deal lasted until 26 January 2009.[7]

Lennon subsequently joined English club Lincoln City on loan on 1 February 2010. The loan deal covered the period until the end of the 2009–10 season. Lennon was offered a permanent deal at Lincoln at the end of the season and despite stating he would be delighted to sign for the Imps on a permanent basis, he complained that he could not find anywhere to live in the City and missed Chris Sutton's deadline. Sutton withdrew the offer and Lennon returned to Rangers, where he was released at the end of his contract.

Dundalk

In July 2010 Lennon signed for Dundalk until the end of the Irish season, although he broke his foot less than a month into the deal.[8]

Newport County

In February 2011 Lennon signed for Newport County, where he was reunited with former Dundalk players Wayne Hatswell and Tom Miller. He rejected a contract offer in May 2011.

Fram Reykjavik

In July 2011 he joined Fram[9] who play in Iceland's premiere league Úrvalsdeild. He marked his debut for the club by scoring the only goal in their 1–0 victory at Víkingur on 18 July 2011.[10] He signed a new one-year contract with the club in October 2012.[11]

Sandnes Ulf

In July 2013 he joined Sandnes Ulf, agreeing a two and a half-year contract with the club.[12] The move arose after the club had been recommended to Lennon by his one-time Rangers teammate Thomas Kind Bendiksen.[13]

FH

In July 2014, Lennon returned to the Úrvalsdeild, signing a three-year contract with FH.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 27 September 2020[15][16][17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers 2006–07 Scottish Premier League 30000000-30
2007–08 00000000-00
2008–09 00000000-00
2009–10 00000000-00
Total 30000000--30
Partick Thistle (loan) 2008–09 Scottish First Division 800010––90
Lincoln City (loan) 2009–10 League Two 1930000––193
Dundalk 2010 League of Ireland Premier Division 9000–20–110
Newport County 2010–11 Conference 9000––0090
Fram 2011 Úrvalsdeild 1260000--126
2012 1353294--2511
2013 1233130--184
Total 371463124----5521
Sandnes Ulf 2013 Tippeligaen 13100---131
2014 15210---162
Total 28310------293
FH 2014 Úrvalsdeild 106000021-127
2015 189338421-3117
2016 206436021103310
2017 2215417261104019
2018 219200041002710
2019 1913450000002318
2020 1817320010002219
Total 12875201421617520188100
Career total 241952717341019520323127

References
  1. "Steven Lennon". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  2. Steven Lennon: Scottish booze culture almost killed my career before it had even got started daily record.co.uk
  3. Laid-back Steven Lennon finds happiness in Iceland as he targets Champions League bbc.com
  4. "Inverness CT 2-1 Rangers". Colin Moffat. BBC Sport. 27 December 2006.
  5. "Rangers U19 5–0 Celtic U19". The Herald. 26 April 2007. Archived from the original on 1 May 2007.
  6. "New Deal For Lennon". rangers.co.uk. 3 December 2007.
  7. "Lennon Out on Loan". rangers.co.uk. 16 August 2008.
  8. "Lennon looks to restart career in Scotland". Scottish Football League. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  9. "Lennon í Fram". Fótbolta.net. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  10. "Steven Lennon: Þeir þurftu einhvern sem getur nýtt færin". Fótbolta.net. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  11. "Steven Lennon áfram í Fram". Fram Official Website. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  12. "Steven Lennon til liðs við Sandnes Ulf". Fram Official Website. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  13. "Tror på Lennon-suksess i Ulf". Rogalands Avis. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  14. "Steven Lennon gerði þriggja ára samning við FH". visir.is (in Icelandic). visir.is. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  15. "S. LENNON". uk.soccerway.com. Soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  16. "Steven Lennon". ksi.is. ksi. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  17. "Steven Lennon". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
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