Laurent Blanc
French football manager and former player
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| February 2025 | Awarded Saudi Pro League Manager of the Month for February |
| November 2024 | Wins Saudi Pro League Manager of the Month for November. |
| October 2024 | Wins Saudi Pro League Manager of the Month for October. |
| October 2024 | Laurent Blanc was named the Saudi Pro League Manager of the Month. |
| July 13 2024 | Starts managing Al-Ittihad football club in Saudi Arabia. |
| July 13 2024 | Laurent Blanc was appointed as the head coach of Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad, taking over from Argentine Marcelo Gallardo. |
| September 8 2023 | Laurent Blanc was sacked by Lyon after losing three of their four opening games, leaving the team in last place. |
| October 9 2022 | Laurent Blanc was appointed as the manager of French club Lyon, replacing outgoing Dutch manager Peter Bosz. |
| February 13 2022 | Laurent Blanc was terminated from his position as head coach of Al-Rayyan due to poor results and was replaced by Nicolás Córdova. |
| December 19 2020 | Laurent Blanc was appointed as the head coach of Qatari club Al-Rayyan, taking over from Uruguayan Diego Aguirre. |
| 2016 | Blanc received the Ligue 1 Manager of the Year award for the third time. |
| June 27 2016 | PSG announced that Laurent Blanc and assistant coach Jean-Louis Gasset had left the club by mutual agreement. |
| June 27 2016 | Laurent Blanc's managerial role at Paris Saint-Germain came to an end. |
| May 21 2016 | PSG defeated Marseille 4–2 in the 2016 Coupe de France Final, achieving a domestic treble for the second consecutive season. |
| February 11 2016 | Blanc signed a two-year contract extension with PSG. |
| 2015 | Wins multiple trophies with PSG including Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, and Trophée des Champions. Named French Manager of the Year and Ligue 1 Manager of the Year. |
| 2015 | Laurent Blanc was awarded the Ligue 1 Manager of the Year for the second time. |
| 2015 | Laurent Blanc's team once again won the Trophée des Champions. |
| May 16 2015 | Blanc led PSG to win the Ligue 1 title for the third consecutive year with a 2–1 victory at Montpellier. |
| April 11 2015 | PSG retained the Coupe de la Ligue with a 4–0 victory over Bastia, where Edinson Cavani and Zlatan Ibrahimović each scored two goals. |
| 2014 | Won Ligue 1, Trophée des Champions, and Coupe de la Ligue with Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2014 | Laurent Blanc's team won the Trophée des Champions. |
| 2014 | Laurent Blanc's Paris Saint-Germain secured the Ligue 1 title. |
| 2014 | Paris Saint-Germain won the Coupe de France under Laurent Blanc's management. |
| May 7 2014 | PSG clinched the league title after Monaco drew with Guingamp, despite losing to Rennes later that day. |
| April 19 2014 | Blanc secured a second item of silverware, winning the 2014 Coupe de la Ligue Final with PSG by defeating Lyon 2–1. |
| 2013 | Paris Saint-Germain, managed by Laurent Blanc, won the Coupe de la Ligue. |
| August 3 2013 | Blanc won his first trophy with PSG, the 2013 Trophée des Champions, defeating Bordeaux 2–1 in Libreville, Gabon. |
| June 25 2013 | Begins managing Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football club. |
| June 25 2013 | Laurent Blanc was appointed manager of Paris Saint-Germain shortly after Carlo Ancelotti left for Real Madrid. |
| 2012 | France was defeated 2–0 by Spain in the quarter-finals of Euro 2012. |
| 2012 | France won their second match of Euro 2012 against Ukraine with a score of 2–0. |
| 2012 | Blanc's team topped their Euro 2012 qualifying group and achieved friendly wins over England, Brazil, and Germany. |
| 2012 | Under Blanc's management, the France national team reached the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 2012. |
| June 2012 | France drew 1–1 with England in their first match of Group D in Euro 2012. |
| June 30 2012 | Ends his role as manager of the French national team. |
| June 30 2012 | Laurent Blanc stepped down as manager of the France national team and was replaced by Didier Deschamps. |
| 2011 | Laurent Blanc was part of the Équipe type spéciale 20 ans des trophées UNFP. |
| August 2011 | In his first game as manager, France lost 2–1 to Norway at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo. |
| July 2 2010 | Appointed as manager of the French national football team. |
| July 2 2010 | Laurent Blanc was officially named as the manager of the France national team. |
| June 26 2010 | French media confirmed that Laurent Blanc had signed a two-year contract with the French Football Federation to lead the national team to Euro 2012. |
| May 20 2010 | Bordeaux and the French Football Federation reached an agreement for €1.5 million in compensation. |
| May 18 2010 | Bordeaux chairman Jean-Louis Triaud demanded compensation from the French Football Federation as Blanc's appointment to the national team became more probable. |
| May 16 2010 | Laurent Blanc confirmed his departure from Bordeaux after three seasons in charge. |
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