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Scott Bitsindou
Personal information
Full name	Romeni Scott Bitsindou
Date of birth	11 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Brussels, Belgium
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
2011–2016	Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2017	United Zürich
2018–2020	Javor Ivanjica
2018–2020	→ Lommel (loan)
2020–2022	Lierse
2022–2024	Livingston
2022–2023	→ Arbroath (loan)
International career‡
2015	Congo U20
2021–	Congo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2023; ‡ 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 midfielder, most recently for Livingston. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Republic of the Congo national team.

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 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.^[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]