Pierre Sage (born 5 May 1979) is a French professional

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coach, who is currently the head coach of French

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club

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Managerial career

Early career

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. In 2003, he moved to

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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

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in 2013. He returned to team management under Sedan in 2016, before going to Lyon-Duchère in 2018 as assistant manager.

Lyon

In 2019, he had his first stint as a youth coach with

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in 2019, before moving to

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as an assistant manager. 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

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was sacked. On 11 January 2024, he was confirmed as manager of

until the end of the season, where they qualified for the

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. Later that year, on 3 July, he signed a new contract with Lyon until 2026. He was sacked on 27 January 2025 after a series of bad results.

Lens

On 2 June 2025, Sage signed with

side

on a three year deal.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Lyon *

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runner-up: 2023–24

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