Saliha Şahin is 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) tall at 68 kg (150 lb), and plays in the Outside Hitter position.[1] She started her sport career in the academy of Karayolları SK in her hometown Ankara in 2015.[2] In 2018, she transferred to the Istanbul-based Eczacıbaşı Dynavit, formerly Eczacıbaşı Vitra.[1] She was loaned out to her former club for the 2018–19 season.[2] In 2019, she won the Spor Toto Champions Cup with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit.[1] She took part at the 2019 FIVB Club World Championship in Shaoxing, China, where she won the silver medal.[1] In the 2019–20 season, she was laoned out to Sarıyer Bld. SK.[2] She experienced her club's champion title at the 2020–21 AXA Sigorta Champions Cup. She won also the 2021–22 Women's CEV Cup.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Antalya, Turkey.[3]
On 22 May 2023, she announced that she left Eczacıbaşı Dynavit, where she played for four years.[4] She was loaned out to the Polish club KPS Chemik Police to play in the 2023–24 season Tauron Liga.[5][6]
Saliha Şahin was born in Ankara, Turkey on 5 November 1998.[1][13] She has two sisters. Her two-years younger sister Elif is also a professional volleyball player in the Setter position playing in the same club.[13][5]
^ ab"Saliha Şahin" (in Turkish). Women Volleyball. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^"Turkey Team Roster". 2016 European ChampionshipVolleyball U19 Women. 10 April 2016. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2023.