An amazing football talent coming up

Salih Ucan was born in
Muğla, Turkey on the
6th of January, 1994. He
grew up at Marmaris,
which is the borough of
the city of Muğla. A lot
of tourists visit
Marmaris in the
summer season. İn
2004, when he was ten
years old, Salih Uçan
started to play football
at Marmaris
Belediyespor as an
attacking midfielder. He
was part of the team
until Bucaspor showed
up and offered 30,000
TL (€12,000) for him. He
moved to İzmir in 2008,
which is the third
biggest city in Turkey.
The Bucaspor youth
academy is one of the
best academies in
Turkey along with
Galatasaray’s youth
academy. He started to
play for the youth
teams of Bucaspor and
in 2010, made a huge
impact on the team
after which he signed a
professional contract
with the club. He played
in the first team for
two seasons. İn his
second season at
Bucaspor, he had a
massive role in the first
team. He proved that
he needed to move to a
bigger club. He met the
expectations at
Bucaspor. İn 2012 his
stint at Bucaspor ended
when Fenerbahçe
thought that Salih can
become a great player
in near future .They
made an offer for him
of €1.4 million plus one
young player.
His performance in
Europa League was
spectacular, wherein he
played in seven games
and scored one goal, a
great strike against
Victoria Plzen. His solid
performance against
Benfica in the semi final
of the Europa League
showed everyone that
he is ready for the top
level.
“We went to Usak to
watch U-15 games, we
didn’t go to Usak to
watch Salih, it’s been a
coincidence. He was
talented. When we first
brought him to İzmir,
two psychologists
helped him to improve
his confidence.” These
words come from the
ex-coordinator of
Bucaspor.
Salih Ucan will be the
key player of the U-20
national team in the
U-20 World Cup in
Turkey. He has been
called up by the U-18,
U-19, U-20 and U-21
national teams. Overall,
he has played 53 times
for the National teams
at various age levels.
He’ll be the key player
for the national team in
the near future.