Oğuz Çetin

Oğuz Çetin — Biography

Oğuz Çetin is a playmaking midfielder known for his ability to organize the midfield and for his millimeter-precise passing. He captained Fenerbahçe in the 1990s, won 70 caps for Turkey, and for years held the Süper Lig appearance record with 503 matches. Since June 2026 he has been back at the same club, this time as football director.

He started out in Germany in the SSV Bobingen youth system, moved to Sakaryaspor in 1978, turned professional in 1981 and won the Turkish Cup in 1988. That year he joined Fenerbahçe, where in eight years he won two Süper Lig titles (1988-89 and 1995-96), a Super Cup and two Prime Minister's Cups, and became team captain in 1991-92. After the 1996 championship the club's chairman Ali Şen released him together with Aykut Kocaman; he played two years each at İstanbulspor and Adanaspor and then retired. For the national team he captained 33 matches, scored 3 goals and played three matches at Euro 1996.

He began coaching as an assistant to Mustafa Denizli and then Werner Lorant at Fenerbahçe and briefly ran the first team after Lorant. After 2005 he was assistant to Fatih Terim and then Guus Hiddink with the national team, and took charge on an interim basis after Terim left. He managed Kayseri Erciyesspor, Gençlerbirliği, Diyarbakırspor, Boluspor, Khazar Lankaran and Gaziantep BB, served as the Turkish Football Federation's Football Development Director in 2019-2024, and then worked as a pundit on HT Spor.