Scott Bitsindou

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Scott Bitsindou
Personal information
Full name Romeni Scott Bitsindou
Date of birth (1996-05-11) 11 May 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2011–2016 Anderlecht
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 United Zürich
2018–2020 Javor Ivanjica 0 (0)
2018–2020 → Lommel (loan) 44 (1)
2020–2022 Lierse 25 (1)
2022–2024 Livingston 1 (0)
2022–2023 → Arbroath (loan) 8 (0)
International career‡
2015 Congo U20 2 (0)
2021– Congo 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:09, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:03, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

Romeni Scott Bitsindou (born 11 May 1996) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder, most recently for Livingston. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Republic of the Congo national team.

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Club career

Born in Brussels, [1] Belgium, [2] Bitsindou joined the youth system of R.S.C. Anderlecht 2011. [3] A defensive midfielder, [4] Bitsindou played for Anderlecht in the 2014–15 UEFA Youth League. [2] He left Anderlecht in summer 2016 and had trials at Olympique de Marseille, however Bitsindou was not offered a contract. [1] He reappeared at the end of the year in Switzerland where he played with FC United Zürich in Swiss Promotion League, 3rd level, in seasons 2016–17 and first half of 2017–18. [5] During the winter-break, after trials, he got contract with Serbian SuperLiga side FK Javor Ivanjica. [6] [1] Bitsindou failed to make an appearance in Serbia, [7] and Javor were relegated to the Serbian First League.

Due to the limit on the number of foreign players in the Serbian First League, Bitsindou accepted a loan back to Belgium to Belgian First Division B side Lommel SK. He made his debut for Lommel on August 3, 2018, in a home game against Union Saint-Gilloise. [2] In the summer of 2020, Bitsindou joined Lierse on a permanent deal. [2]

Bitsindou joined Scottish club Livingston during the summer of 2022. [8] Livingston loaned Bitsindou to Arbroath in September 2022. [9] In the summer of 2023 manager David Martindale announced that Bitsindou was no longer part of his plans and he was to find a new club. [10] This was reiterated even after the transfer window had closed, with Martindale adding that the player had been speaking to clubs in Belgium. [11] On 19 January 2024, Livingston announced the club had mutually parted ways with Bitsindou. [12]

International career

While at youth levels of Anderlecht he represented Belgium at U-15 level, however, due to its origins, in 2015 he accepted a call from Congo national U-20 side to play in the 2015 African U-20 Championship, making 2 appearances. [13] [14] He represented the senior Republic of the Congo national team in a friendly 1–0 win over Niger on 10 June 2021. [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Transferts : Scott Bitsindou en première division serbe at adiac-congo.com, by Camille Delourme, 8-3-2018, retrieved 10-8-2018 (in French)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Scott Bitsindou at Soccerway
  3. ↑ Scott Bitsindou at zerozero.pt
  4. ↑ Scott Bitsindou at worldfootball.net
  5. ↑ Scott Bitsindou at footballdatabase.eu
  6. ↑ Romeni Scott Bitsindou at FK Javor Ivanjica official website, retrieved 10-8-2018 (in Serbian)
  7. ↑ Romeni Scott Bitsindou profile at superliga.rs (in Serbian)
  8. ↑ "Livingston strengthen with signings of Phillip Cancar and Scott Bitsindou". FourFourTwo. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Livi's Bitsindou joins Arbroath on loan". BBC Sport. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  10. ↑ Carson, Callum. "Livingston boss admits paperwork delay in South African youngster transfer". Daily Record. Daily Record. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  11. ↑ Carson, Callum. "Livingston boss concedes international break comes at perfect time for ailing defence". Daily Record. Daily Record.
  12. ↑ "@LiviFCOfficial on Twitter". twitter.com. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  13. ↑ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  14. ↑ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  15. ↑ "Niger-Congo: les Diables rouges battent le Mena 1-0 en amical | adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo". www.adiac-congo.com.
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