Bruno Lage

Portuguese football manager

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January 11 2025 Lage won his first league cup final, defeating Sporting CP on penalties after a 1-1 draw in normal time.
2024 Returned to manage Benfica for a second time.
November 2024 Named Primeira Liga Manager of the Month for November.
November 10 2024 Benfica achieved their biggest competitive league win against Porto in 60 years, winning 4-1 at home - a result not seen since a 4-0 defeat in the 1964-65 season.
October 23 2024 Lage's winning streak ended with a 3-1 home loss to Feyenoord in the Champions League.
October 2 2024 During his seven-match winning streak, Lage led Benfica to a significant 4-0 home victory against Atlético Madrid in the Champions League league phase.
September 14 2024 Lage's first competitive game back at Benfica resulted in a 4-1 home victory against Santa Clara.
September 5 2024 Bruno Lage returned to Benfica as head coach, signing an 18-month contract after Roger Schmidt was sacked.
October 3 2023 Lage was sacked from Botafogo following an eight-match winless run and elimination from the 2023 Copa Sudamericana.
July 9 2023 Bruno Lage starts managing Botafogo
July 8 2023 Bruno Lage was announced as the head coach of Botafogo in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, replacing Luís Castro after almost a year without coaching.
October 2 2022 Lage was sacked as Wolverhampton Wanderers manager after a defeat to West Ham United, with the club sitting 18th in the league.
September 12 2022 Lage signed free agent Diego Costa after injuries to Raúl Jiménez and new signing Saša Kalajdžić left Wolves without a fit senior striker.
August 6 2022 In the first game of the 2022-23 season, Lage implemented a four-man defence for the first time, but lost 2-1 away to Leeds United.
March 18 2022 Wolves lost 3-2 at home to Leeds United, despite leading 2-0 at half-time, marking a turning point in the team's season performance.
January 2022 Awarded Premier League Manager of the Month for January.
September 11 2021 Lage achieved his first league win, a 2-0 victory against Watford at Vicarage Road.
August 14 2021 Lage managed Wolverhampton Wanderers in his first match, a 1-0 away loss to Leicester City.
June 9 2021 Bruno Lage was confirmed as the new head coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers for the 2021–22 season after a successful work permit hearing.
2020 Became manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League.
July 4 2020 Lage's contract with Benfica was terminated after being replaced by his assistant coach Nélson Veríssimo.
June 29 2020 Lage made his position available after a poor run of results, matching Benfica's worst series of 2 wins in 13 matches.
January 2020 Named Primeira Liga Manager of the Month for January.
January 2020 Benfica set a new record for consecutive away wins at 17 under Lage's management.
2019 Equaled Sven-Göran Eriksson's 1990-91 achievement of beating Porto, Sporting, and Braga away in the same season.
2019 Benfica finished the league with 103 goals scored, matching the club's record from the 1963-64 season.
2019 Awarded Primeira Liga Best Coach for the 2018-19 season.
2019 Wins the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira with Benfica.
2019 Recognized as Portuguese Football Federation Men's Coach of the Year.
2019 Wins the Taça da Liga (League Cup) with Benfica.
December 2019 Named Primeira Liga Manager of the Month for December.
October 27 2019 Lage set a record for the quickest coach to record 25 victories in the Primeira Liga, winning 25 of his first 27 league matches.
September 17 2019 Made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 2-1 home defeat to RB Leipzig.
August 2019 Lage won the Super Cup with a 5–0 victory over Sporting CP.
June 2019 Lage led Benfica to win the Primeira Liga, securing the club's 37th league title with an impressive 94% winning percentage in the second round.
April 2019 Named Primeira Liga Manager of the Month for April.
March 2019 Named Primeira Liga Manager of the Month for March.
March 2 2019 Lage won his third of four clashes against rivals Sporting CP and Porto with a 2–1 away victory in O Clássico.
February 2019 Named Primeira Liga Manager of the Month for February.
February 14 2019 In his UEFA Europa League debut, Lage guided Benfica to a historic 2–1 away win against Galatasaray in Turkey.
February 10 2019 Lage led Benfica to a record-breaking 10–0 victory over Nacional, the biggest win at Estádio da Luz and the league's highest scoring win since 1965.
January 11 2019 Lage was appointed permanent head coach of Benfica, deciding to focus on youth development and an attacking playing style.
January 6 2019 Lage managed his first Primeira Liga game, achieving a 4–2 home win over Rio Ave.
January 3 2019 Bruno Lage took charge of Benfica's first-team as caretaker manager, replacing Rui Vitória.
2018 Bruno Lage wins the Primeira Liga with Benfica, securing the league championship for the 2018-19 season.
2018 Began his first tenure as head coach of Benfica.
July 2018 Returned to Benfica as manager of their reserve team, replacing Hélder Cristóvão.
July 1 2018 Bruno Lage begins managing Benfica B team
2015 Started working as an assistant coach to Carlos Carvalhal at Sheffield Wednesday and later at Swansea City, a position he would hold until 2018.
April 2015 Bruno Lage's son Jaime is born, named after Jaime Graça, who was Lage's biggest football mentor

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