Syntia Hikmat Salha ( ar, سينتيا حكمت صالحة; born 12 January 2003) is a Lebanese

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who plays as a winger or

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for Lebanese club BFA and the Lebanon national team. Salha began her career with Akhaa Ahli Aley in 2018. 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

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in the

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. She helped Lebanon finish runners-up in the

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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

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, Salha was crowned top scorer of the league for the third time in a row, and helped BFA finish runners-up.

International career

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

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, in which Lebanon U18 won the tournament.

Senior

Salha made her international debut for

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on 8 April 2021, coming on as a substitute in a friendly tournament game against

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. She scored her first two goals on 30 August 2021, in a 5–1 win against

in the

. Salha was called up to represent

at the

, helping her side finish runners-up.

Career statistics

International

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

Honours

Safa * WAFF Women's Clubs Championship:

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: 2021–22 BFA * Lebanese Women's Football League runner-up:

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

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Lebanon U18 *

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Lebanon *

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runner-up:

Individual * Lebanese Women's Football League top goalscorer: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salha, Syntia 2003 births Living people People from Baabda District Lebanese women's footballers Women's association football wingers Women's association football midfielders Akhaa Ahli Aley FC (women) players Safa WFC players Beirut Football Academy players Lebanese Women's Football League players Lebanon women's youth international footballers Lebanon women's international footballers