John Kennedy

John Kennedy (born 18 August 1983) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player, who is the assistant coach of Saudi Pro League side Al Qadsiah. He played as a centre-back for Celtic and Norwich City, and won one international cap for Scotland. He suffered a serious knee injury on his international debut in March 2004, and retired in 2009 having failed to fully recover. After retiring from playing, Kennedy worked as a scout, coach and assistant manager for Celtic, under managers Neil Lennon, Ronny Deila, Brendan Rodgers and Ange Postecoglou. He became interim manager in February 2021 after Lennon left Celtic; after the appointment of Postecoglou as manager, he went back to being assistant manager. In 2025, He left Celtic after 27 years at the club.