Scott Bitsindou

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.

Scott Bitsindou

Personal information
Full name	Romeni Scott Bitsindou
Date of birth	(1996-05-11) 11 May 1996 (age 29)
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

Club career

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]

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 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]