Born in Adapazarı, Çetin began playing football with the local side Sakaryaspor.

He is well known for his superior ability to organize the midfield and also had a decent vision, passing and shooting skills.

Best known for his milimetric passes, he led Fenerbahçe to the championship in 1995–96 season but Fenerbahçe chairman Ali Haydar Şen released Oğuz Çetin and his fellow striker Aykut Kocaman with the thought they have been destroying the harmony in the team.

He signed a one-year contract with Azerbaijani football team Khazar Lankaran in June 2014,[3] resigning in the December of the same year.

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