Mieczysław Ożóg (born 23 February 1966) is a Polish

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

who plays for Bukowa Jastkowice. He is one of the oldest players playing in Polish football, albeit not in the top league. He played in

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

as a footballer of

Stal Stalowa Wola Stal Stalowa Wola Piłkarska Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Stal Stalowa Wola (), is a Polish professional football club based in Stalowa Wola, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Founded in 1938, the club competes in the III liga, group IV, ...

and

Siarka Tarnobrzeg Siarka Tarnobrzeg () is a Polish professional football club, based in Tarnobrzeg, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, which competes in II liga in the 2022–23 season, the third tier of the national football league system. In early 1990s, Siarka playe ...

Club career

He played 108 games in the Polish

and scored 8 goals. He was voted the best footballer in the Rzeszów region in a poll conducted by Tempo and Radio Rzeszów. He started the 2007–08 season in Stal Stalowa Wola as the oldest player in the

I liga I liga ( pl, Pierwsza liga, ), currently named Fortuna I liga due to its sponsorship by Fortuna, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga vi ...

and one of the oldest in the professional teams of the Polish league. Despite his age, the player had a secure place in Stal's lineup and played most of the matches as a full-time player. After losing a match against

Pelikan Łowicz Pelikan Łowicz () is a Polish football club based in Łowicz, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of ...

in early August 2007, he (along with two other players Andrzej Kasiak and Marek Kusiak) was removed from the team. After leaving Stalowa Wola, he combined physical work with playing in the lower leagues, becoming one of the oldest active players in Poland. In the fall round of the 2023–24 season, at the age of 57, he continued to play for the

Klasa A Klasa A represents the seventh level of the Polish football league system, Polish football hierarchy. Teams promoted from Klasa A move up to the liga okręgowa, whilst relegated teams descend to the Klasa B leagues. The exceptions are Klasa A i ...

club Bukowa Jastkowice.

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* 1966 births Living people Footballers from Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Men's association football midfielders Polish men's footballers Stal Stalowa Wola players Siarka Tarnobrzeg players GKS Górnik Łęczna players Pogoń 1945 Staszów players Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players {{Poland-footy-midfielder-stub