| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Romeni Scott Bitsindou | ||
| Date of birth | 11 May 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Heist | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2016 | Anderlecht | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | United Zürich | ||
| 2018–2020 | Javor Ivanjica | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | → Lommel (loan) | 44 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Lierse | 48 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Livingston | 1 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Arbroath (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2024– | Heist | 12 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Congo U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021– | Congo | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 May 2023 | |||
Romeni Scott Bitsindou (born 11 May 1996) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Heist. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Republic of the Congo national team.
Born in Brussels, [1] Belgium, Bitsindou joined the youth system of Anderlecht in 2011.[ citation needed ] He played for Anderlecht in the 2014–15 UEFA Youth League. [2] He left Anderlecht in summer 2016 and had trials at 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, third level, in seasons 2016–17 and first half of 2017–18.[ citation needed ] During the winter-break, after trials, he got contract with Serbian SuperLiga side Javor Ivanjica. [3] [1] Bitsindou failed to make an appearance in Serbia, [4] 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 3 August 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. [5] Livingston loaned Bitsindou to Arbroath in September 2022. [6] 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. [7] This was reiterated even after the transfer window had closed, with Martindale adding that the player had been speaking to clubs in Belgium. [8] On 19 January 2024, Livingston announced the club had mutually parted ways with Bitsindou. [9]
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 two appearances. [10] [11] He represented the senior Republic of the Congo national team in a friendly 1–0 win over Niger on 10 June 2021. [12]