![]() Sage in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pierre Sage | ||
Date of birth | 5 May 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Lons-le-Saunier, France [1] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lens (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1985–1997 | CS Belley | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2003 | CS Belley | ||
2003–2005 | PL Vallée | ||
Managerial career | |||
2013 | Chambéry | ||
2023–2025 | Lyon | ||
2025– | Lens | ||
* Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Pierre Sage (born 5 May 1979) is a French professional football coach, who is currently the head coach of French Ligue 1 club Lens.
Sage spent his entire footballing career with CS Belley as an amateur footballer from the age of 6 to 24, and started educating with them at the age of 16. At the age of 24 he moved to Plastics Vallée FC where he started as a technical manager. [2] In 2003, he moved to Châteauroux to work as a scout for a season. In 2004, he worked as a technical director of PL Vallée, before moving to FBBP01 as a team manager in 2007. His first stint as a senior manager was with Chambéry in 2013. [3] He returned to team management under Sedan in 2016, before going to Lyon-Duchère in 2018 as assistant manager. [4]
In 2019, he had his first stint as a youth coach with Lyon in 2019, before moving to Red Star as an assistant manager. [5] In July 2023, he returned to Lyon as the manager of their academy. On 30 November 2023, he was appointed as the interim manager of Lyon after Fabio Grosso was sacked. [6] On 11 January 2024, he was confirmed as manager of Lyon until the end of the season, where they qualified for the UEFA Europa League. [7] [8] Later that year, on 3 July, he signed a new contract with Lyon until 2026. [9] He was sacked on 27 January 2025 after a series of bad results. [10]
On 2 June 2025, Sage signed with Ligue 1 side Lens on a three year deal. [11]
Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
Chambéry | 21 February 2013 | 30 June 2013 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 53.85 |
Lyon | 30 November 2023 | 27 January 2025 | 56 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 100 | 71 | +29 | 57.14 |
Lens | 2 June 2025 | present | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 66.67 |
Total | 72 | 41 | 14 | 17 | 123 | 85 | +38 | 56.94 |
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