New Carpathian Alexei Kovtun gave the first interview in a new status.

23-year-old defender Alexei Kovtun today became a player of the Carpathians.

"I now have positive emotions. I got into such a team as the Carpathians. It's a club with a big history. It can not but rejoice. I have many hopes, "Kovtun began..

"How did I get here?" A variant arose with the Carpathians. I repeat that this is a serious club and for me this fact played a key role. My agent told me about the possibility of moving to Lviv. Here is a team that can achieve serious success. I played against the Carpathians at a youthful level and since then I know that local football players are marked by fighting character. I did not even think about whether it was worth going - I immediately agreed to ".

"Where is it more comfortable to play? I'm the central defender, but overall there's no difference. As the coach says, so be it. For example, in a duel with Prykarpattya, I had to act on the entire width of the defense: on the right, and on the left, and in the center of the ".

"Goals?

It's important for me now to play. You need to gain a foothold in the team. This is my goal at the moment, "- summed up the player.

Kovtun is a pupil of Dynamo. He played for the youth teams of Kiev, after which he became a player of the Kharkov Metalist.

In 2015, he made his debut in the Premier League in a match with Dynamo Kiev. In the summer of 2015 he moved to Poltava FC, where he played until 2017. The last club of the defender was FC Minsk.