You moved to Ukraine with Metalurh Donetsk in 2012. How was that?
Everything but easy! I’d been playing in Romania and Bulgaria for two years, but the winter was worse in Donetsk, the language harder to understand and the football much more physical. The club had great facilities, though, and a lot of potential.
What was it like when war came to Donetsk in 2014?
At the end of the season we started to see some protests in the streets, but nothing you felt afraid of. Then things changed – the rebels invaded Donetsk and gained control of official buildings. There were barricades, people carrying guns, and we understood how extreme the situation was. At the end of the
