Roberto Bisconti

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Roberto Bisconti
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-07-21) 21 July 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Montegnée, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
FC Liège
Tilleur
Standard Liège
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1995 Standard Liège 63 (6)
1995–1996 Seraing 20 (2)
1996–1997 Standard Liège 28 (1)
1997–1998 Monza 18 (1)
1998–2000 Standard Liège 23 (4)
2000–2001 Charleroi 17 (0)
2001–2002 Aberdeen 42 (1)
2003 Rapid București 8 (0)
2003–2004 Standard Liège 27 (0)
2004–2006 Nice 32 (0)
2006–2007 Guingamp 23 (1)
2008 Panthrakikos 0 (0)
2009 Visé 7 (0)
2009–2011 Sérésien
Total308(16)
International career
1992–1995 Belgium U21 6 (3)
2004–2005 Belgium 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roberto Bisconti (born 21 July 1973) is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Club career

Bisconti was born in Montegnée, Liège. During his career, he played for Standard Liège on four occasions (where he earlier played a minor role in a generation of players dubbed The Three Musketeers , composed of Régis Genaux, Michaël Goossens and Philippe Léonard), Monza, Charleroi, Aberdeen, [1] [2] Rapid București (six-month contract [3] ), Nice, Guingamp and Panthrakikos (no official games in Greece).

On 16 February 2009, Bisconti returned to Belgium after five years, signing with third division club Visé on a free transfer, until the end of the season. [4] He retired from football in June 2011, aged 38.

International career

Bisconti earned 13 caps for Belgium, making his full debut at almost 31 in a 0–2 friendly loss with France, on 18 February 2004.

Honours

Standard Liège

Rapid Bucharest

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References

  1. "Hearts humble Dons". BBC Sport . 11 January 2002. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  2. "Dons ditch Bisconti". BBC Sport. 31 January 2003. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  3. "Rapid take the Bisconti". UEFA.com. 21 February 2003. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  4. "Roberto Bisconti au chevet de Visé!" [Roberto Bisconti joins Visé!] (in French). Visé's official website. 16 February 2009. Archived from the original on 18 February 2008.