Career
FenerbahçeEdit
Fenerbahçe signed Uçan for €1.4 million on 6 June 2012, for a five-year contract worth €220,000 per season. This transfer fee marked the highest fee paid to a Turkish youth player. The first half of the season, Salih mostly sat in the bench and was substituted in a few games.
Compared to other Turkish players at his age, Salih had a pretty impressive first half because he at least able to enter the game.
However, after the winter break with the start of the second half, Salih started finding more and more chances to play. Impressively, he used the opportunities wisely and finally, on 14 March 2013, he scored his debut goal for the club in an Union of European Football Associations Europa League match against Viktoria Plzeň in the 16th round.
His contribution helped Fenerbahçe secure qualification to the quarter-finals of the Europa League with a 1–1 draw in the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium. Roma
Italian giants Roma started to negotiate with Fenerbahçe during 2013-2014 winter transfer window.
Fenerbahçe didn"t want to sell him claiming that he was an important part of the team and they didn"t want to sell him in the middle of the season.
But Associate of Science Roma director of football Walter Sabatini didn"t stop to chase Uçan. As Fenerbahçe signed Diego for Uçan"s position, two clubs started negotiations again at the end of the season and Uçan was loaned to Associate of Science Roma for two years, for a fee of €4 million with a buy-out clause of €11.5 million. Uçan made his official Roma debut in the 3-0 victory against Chievo on 18 October 2014.
Uçan played all the age categories for Turkish national team
He was also a part of Turkey national under-20 football team during the 2013 Fédération internationale de football association U-20 World Cup. On 15 November 2013, Salih played his first national match for Turkey against Northern Ireland in Adana.