Sendley Sidney Bito (born 20 July 1983 in

Willemstad Willemstad ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that is a Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was the cap ...

) is a

Curaçao Curaçao, officially the Country of Curaçao, is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located in the southern Caribbean Sea (specifically the Dutch Caribbean region), about north of Venezuela. Curaçao includ ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. After struggling to feature for

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...

's first team, Bito moved abroad for an opportunity to play professional in

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. He made a strong initial impression with

FC Stal Alchevsk FC Stal Alchevsk was a Ukrainian professional football team of the Ukrainian First League that is based in Alchevsk. In the 2012–13 season the club won promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League, but the club refused this promotion "for the sak ...

, earning a move to

FC Arsenal Kyiv Football Club Arsenal Kyiv () is a Ukrainian Association football, football club based in Kyiv. In 2019, the club's professional team was dissolved, but its junior teams continue to compete in city competitions. The club claims to be a successo ...

, but ultimately Bito wasn't part of Arsenal's long-term plans.

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* * * * * 1983 births Living people Dutch Antillean men's footballers Netherlands Antilles men's international footballers Curaçao men's footballers Curaçao expatriate men's footballers Curaçao men's international footballers Sparta Rotterdam players FC Arsenal Kyiv players FC Stal Alchevsk players FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players SC Tavriya Simferopol players Valletta F.C. players Ukrainian Premier League players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Willemstad Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Expatriate men's footballers in Bahrain Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Dual internationalists (men's football) SV Hubentut Fortuna players S.V. Victory Boys players {{Curaçao-footy-bio-stub