FACTBOX-Soccer-Factbox on Leicester City managerial target Brendan Rodgers

Factbox on Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers, who was granted permission by the club on Tuesday to speak to Premier League side Leicester City over their managerial vacancy. * Born Jan. 26, 1973 in Carnlough, Northern Ireland

* Played a handful of matches in his native Northern Ireland before he was signed by English club Reading as a teenager. * Retired aged 20 due to a genetic knee condition.

* First managerial post came at Watford in November 2008 after time with the Reading's youth team and Premier League club Chelsea's reserves. * A brief stint in charge of Reading followed from June-December 2009 before he joined Swansea City in July 2010.

* Led Swansea to promotion from the Championship (second division) via the playoffs in his first season. * Guided Swansea to a respectable 11th place finish in the 2011-2012 Premier League season, their first campaign at the highest level since 1983.

* Named Liverpool manager in June 2012, replacing club legend Kenny Dalglish. * Guided Liverpool to a second-place finish in the 2013-14 Premier League season, with the team scoring 101 goals. It was their highest finish since 2008-09.

* Sacked by Liverpool eight games into the 2015-16 season with the five-times European champions 10th in the league. * Appointed Celtic boss on a 12-month rolling contract in May 2016 to replace Ronny Deila.

* Rewarded with a new four-year contract up to 2021 after winning the Scottish Premiership in his first season, with the club going on to finish the league campaign unbeaten. * Having guided Celtic to the Scottish League Cup, Rodgers oversaw success in the Scottish Cup to seal a domestic treble for only the fourth time in the club's history.

* Helped Celtic break their own 100-year-old British record by stretching their unbeaten domestic run to 63 matches with a 4-0 win at St Johnstone the following season. * Celtic's 69-match unbeaten domestic run ended when they were crushed 4-0 by Hearts in December 2017.

* Won his second and Celtic's seventh consecutive league title before completing the first ever 'double treble' in Scottish soccer history. * Won his seventh trophy as Celtic boss with a Scottish League Cup title last year. (Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge)