Syntia Salha

Syntia Hikmat Salha (سينتيا حكمت صالحة; born 12 January 2003) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a winger or midfielder for Lebanese club BFA and the Lebanon national team.

Salha began her senior career with Akhaa Ahli Aley. She joined Safa, with whom she won their first league title. In 2022 Salha moved to BFA. She finished top scorer in the league three times: in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

In 2021 Salha made her senior international debut for Lebanon, scoring her first goals against Sudan in the 2021 Arab Women's Cup. She helped Lebanon finish runners-up in the 2022 WAFF Women's Championship.

Club career
Coming through the youth system, Salha played for Akhaa Ahli Aley.

In October 2020, she joined Safa. Salha scored 13 goals for Safa in the 2020–21 season, helping her side win their first league title as the league top scorer. She also finished the 2021–22 season as top scorer with 20 goals.

Salha moved to BFA on 24 September 2022. With 29 goals and seven assists in 13 games in 2022–23, Salha was crowned top scorer of the league for the third time in a row, and helped BFA finish runners-up.

Youth
Salha played for Lebanon U15 at the 2018 WAFF U-15 Girls Championship, in which Lebanon finished runners-up. She also participated in the 2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship, in which Lebanon U18 won the tournament.

Senior
Salha made her international debut for Lebanon on 8 April 2021, coming on as a substitute in a friendly tournament game against Armenia. She scored her first two goals on 30 August 2021, in a 5–1 win against Sudan in the 2021 Arab Women's Cup. Salha was called up to represent Lebanon at the 2022 WAFF Women's Championship, helping her side finish runners-up.

In 2023, Salha assisted Lili Iskandar to score the lone goal against Bhutan in the extra-time of the final of the 2023 SAFF Friendly Tournament, thus winning their country their first ever trophy at female senior level. She was called up to the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship.

International

 * Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Salha goal.

Honours
Akhaa Ahli Aley


 * Lebanese Girls' U-17 League: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
 * Lebanese Girls' U-19 League: 2018–19

Safa
 * WAFF Women's Clubs Championship: 2022
 * Lebanese Women's Football League: 2020–21; runner-up: 2021–22
 * Lebanese Women's Super Cup: 2021–22

BFA
 * Lebanese Girls' U-19 League: 2022–23
 * Lebanese Women's Football League runner-up: 2022–23

Lebanon U15
 * WAFF U-15 Girls Championship: runner-up: 2018

Lebanon U18
 * WAFF U-18 Girls Championship: 2019

Lebanon
 * WAFF Women's Championship runner-up: 2022
 * SAFF Friendly Tournament: 2023

Individual
 * Lebanese Women's Football League top goalscorer: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
 * Lebanese Girls' U-19 League top goalscorer: 2022–23
 * Lebanese Women's Football League all-time top goalscorer: 126 goals
 * Akhaa Ahli Aley all-time top goalscorer: 30 goals
 * Safa all-time top goalscorer: 33 goals
 * Beirut Football Academy all-time top goalscorer: 63 goals