 Sage in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pierre Sage | ||
| Date of birth | (1979-05-05)5 May 1979 (age 45) | ||
| Place of birth | Lons-le-Saunier, France[1] | ||
| 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 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:28, 4 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:28, 4 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
Pierre Sage (born 5 May 1979) is a French professionalfootball coach, who was recently the head coach of FrenchLigue 1 clubLyon.
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 toChâteauroux to work as a scout for a season. In 2004, he worked as a technical director of PL Vallée, before moving toFBBP01 as a team manager in 2007. His first stint as a senior manager was withChambéry in 2013.[3] He returned to team management underSedan in 2016, before going toLyon-Duchère in 2018 as assistant manager.[4]
In 2019, he had his first stint as a youth coach withLyon in 2019, before moving toRed 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 afterFabio Grosso was sacked.[6] On 11 January 2024, he was confirmed as manager ofLyon until the end of the season, where they qualified for theUEFA 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]
| 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 | 053.85 |
| Lyon | 30 November 2023 | 27 January 2025 | 56 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 100 | 71 | +29 | 057.14 |
| Total | 69 | 39 | 14 | 16 | 118 | 82 | +36 | 056.52 | ||
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