Scott Bitsindou

Scott Bitsindou

Personal information
Full name	Romeni Scott Bitsindou
Date of birth	(1996-05-11) 11 May 1996
Place of birth	Brussels, Belgium
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Livingston
Number	38
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	25	(1)
2022–	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 17:57, 29 April 2021 (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 for Livingston. Born in Belgium, he represents the Republic of the Congo national team.

Club career

Born in Brussels, Belgium, Bitsindou joined the youth system of R.S.C. Anderlecht 2011. A defensive midfielder, Bitsindou played for Anderlecht in the 2014–15 UEFA Youth League. He left Anderlecht in summer 2016 and had trials at Olympique de Marseille, however Bitsindou was not offered a contract. 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. During the winter-break, after trials, he got contract with Serbian SuperLiga side FK Javor Ivanjica. Bitsindou failed to make an appearance in Serbia, 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. In the summer of 2020, Bitsindou joined Lierse on a permanent deal.

Bitsindou joined Scottish club Livingston during the summer of 2022. Livingston loaned Bitsinbou to Arbroath in September 2022.

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. He represented the senior Republic of the Congo national team in a friendly 1–0 win over Niger on 10 June 2021.