| Pierre Sage | |
| Fullname: | Pierre Sage |
| Birth Date: | 5 May 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Lons-le-Saunier, France[1] |
| Currentclub: | Lyon (head coach) |
| Youthyears1: | 1985–1997 |
| Youthclubs1: | CS Belley |
| Years1: | 1997–2003 |
| Clubs1: | CS Belley |
| Years2: | 2003–2005 |
| Clubs2: | PL Vallée |
| Manageryears1: | 2013 |
| Managerclubs1: | Chambéry |
| Manageryears2: | 2023– |
| Managerclubs2: | Lyon |
| Club-Update: | 06:28, 4 December 2023 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 06:28, 4 December 2023 (UTC) |
Pierre Sage (born 5 May 1979) is a French football coach. He is currently the head coach of French Ligue 1 club Lyon.
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]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambéry | 21 February 2013 | 30 June 2013 | ||||||||
| Lyon | 30 November 2023 | present | ||||||||
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