Mehmet Oğuz

Mehmet Oğuz (3 May 1949 – 27 November 2022), popularly known as Big Mehmet, was a Turkish footballer who played for the Turkey national team, as well as Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe.

Mehmet Oğuz
Personal information
Date of birth (1949-05-03)3 May 1949
Place of birth Istanbul, Turkey
Date of death 27 November 2022(2022-11-27) (aged 73)
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Kadirga SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Galatasaray
Fenerbahçe
International career
Turkey U21 6
Turkey 19 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Mehmet Oğuz was born in Istanbul on 3 May 1949.[1] He started his footballing career with Kadirga SK. He later joined the Galatasaray junior team and was promoted to the senior squad where he became part of the starting eleven. He was nicknamed Big Mehmet in order to differentiate him from his teammate Mehmet Özgül.[2] Oğuz won three championships in a row with Galatasaray and he became the club's captain in the 1970s.[3][4][2]

At Galatasaray, Oğuz was part of the team that won the 1968–69 1.Lig, 1971–72 1.Lig and 1972–73 1.Lig Turkish League. He also won the 1972–73, 1968–69 and 1975–76 Turkish Cups with the same club.

In the 1979–80 season, Galatasaray did not extend his contract and he moved to Fenerbahçe with the help of Cemil Turan. He was with the club for a season and retired on 30 November 1980 with a match between Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş.[5][1][2]

International career

Mehmet Oğuz played six times for the Turkey U21 national team and 19 times for the Turkey senior national team. He scored three goals in 25 caps.[2]

Death

Oğuz died of heart related problems on 27 November 2022, at the age of 73. His funeral prayer was conducted at Ataköy 5th Section Mosque before he was buried.[1][5][6][7][8]

References
  1. "Galatasaray'ın efsane oyuncularından Mehmet Oğuz vefat etti". Yeni Çağ Gazetesi. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  2. "Büyük Mehmet lakaplı eski futbolcu Mehmet Oğuz vefat etti - Son Dakika Futbol Haberi". www.cnnturk.com. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  3. ""Büyük Mehmet" lakaplı efsane futbolcu Mehmet Oğuz hayatını kaybetti". www.sozcu.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  4. "Galatasaray ve Fenerbahçe'de forma giyen eski milli futbolcu Mehmet Oğuz vefat etti". Fotomaç (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  5. "Mehmet Oğuz was bid farewell to his last journey". 29 November 2022.
  6. "Mehmet Oğuz kimdir? Büyük Mehmet, Mehmet Oğuz neden öldü? Mehmet Oğuz hangi takımlarda oynadı?". Haberler (in Turkish). 28 November 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  7. "Mehmet Oğuz kimdir, neden öldü? Galatasaray ve Fenerbahçe'de de oynayan Mehmet Oğuz hayatını kaybetti!". Mynet (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  8. "'Büyük Mehmet' lakaplı Mehmet Oğuz hayatını kaybetti". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
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