Pierre Sage
 Sage in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Managerial career
[edit]Early career
[edit]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]
Lyon
[edit]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]
Lens
[edit]On 2 June 2025, Sage signed with Ligue 1 side Lens on a three year deal.[11]
Managerial statistics
[edit]- As of match played 2 June 2025[12]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| Total | 69 | 39 | 14 | 16 | 118 | 82 | +36 | 56.52 | ||
Honours
[edit]Lyon
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2023–24[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Rodriguez, Bebeto. "Lyon-Duchère AS - Trois questions à Pierre SAGE : "Un drôle de sentiment..."". monfoot69.
- ^ "CSB de Belley : Interview de Pierre Sage". 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Pierre Sage prend les commandes de Chambéry". 21 February 2013.
- ^ BOUTONNAT, Victor (1 December 2023). "RC Lens - OL. Trois choses à savoir sur Pierre Sage, l'entraîneur par intérim de Lyon". Ouest-France.fr.
- ^ Chabas, Gwendal (11 January 2022). "Son départ de l'OL, ses souvenirs, ses regrets, le choix du Red Star : Pierre Sage dit tout". Olympique & Lyonnais.
- ^ "Fabio Grosso sacked by Lyon, Pierre Sage to take charge on interim basis - Get French Football News". 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Pierre Sage et son staff prolongés jusqu'à la fin de la saison à l'OL" [Pierre Sage and his staff extended until the end of the season at OL] (in French). L'Équipe. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Champions PSG end season with easy win, Brest clinch Champions League spot". Reuters. 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Pierre Sage appointed coach of Olympique Lyonnais until 2026". Olympique Lyonnais. 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Pierre Sage écarté de son poste d'entraîneur de l'OL" [Pierre Sage dismissed from his position as OL coach] (in French). L'Équipe. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ "Pierre Sage a signé un contrat de trois ans à Lens" [Pierre Sage has signed a three-year contract with Lens] (in French). L'Équipe. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ Pierre Sage coach profile at Soccerway (archived)
- ^ "PSG beat Lyon 2-1 to win French Cup final in Mbappe's farewell appearance". Reuters. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- Pierre Sage at WorldFootball.net
- Pierre Sage at Soccerbase.com (manager)
