Romeni Scott Bitsindou (born 11 May 1996) is a Congolese professional

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who plays as a midfielder, most recently for

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. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Republic of the Congo national team.

Club career

Born in Brussels,Transferts : Scott Bitsindou en première division serbe
at adiac-congo.com, by Camille Delourme, 8-3-2018, retrieved 10-8-2018 Belgium,Scott Bitsindou
at Soccerway Bitsindou joined the youth system of

R.S.C. Anderlecht ; french: Les Mauves et Blancs) , short name = R.S.C.A. , founded = , ground = Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , capacity = 22,500 , owntitle = Chairman , owner = Wouter Vandenhaute , manager = Brian Riemer , ...

2011.Scott Bitsindou
at zerozero.pt A defensive midfielder, Bitsindou played for Anderlecht in the

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. He left Anderlecht in summer 2016 and had trials at

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, 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

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, 3rd level, in seasons 2016–17 and first half of 2017–18.Scott Bitsindou
at footballdatabase.eu 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

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side Lommel SK. He made his debut for Lommel on August 3, 2018, in a home game against

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. In the summer of 2020, Bitsindou joined

Lierse Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six Be ...

on a permanent deal. Bitsindou joined Scottish club

during the summer of 2022. Livingston loaned Bitsindou to

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in September 2022. In the summer of 2023 manager

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announced that Bitsindou was no longer part of his plans and he was to find a new club. This was reiterated even after the transfer window had closed, with Martindale adding that the player had been speaking to clubs in Belgium. On 19 January 2024, Livingston announced the club had mutually parted ways with Bitsindou.

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

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, 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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bitsindou, Scott 1996 births Living people Footballers from Brussels Republic of the Congo men's footballers Republic of the Congo men's international footballers Republic of the Congo men's under-20 international footballers Belgian men's footballers Belgian people of Republic of the Congo descent Black Belgian sportspeople 21st-century Belgian sportsmen Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland FK Javor Ivanjica players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Lommel S.K. players Lierse Kempenzonen players Challenger Pro League players Livingston F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Scottish Professional Football League players Arbroath F.C. players