Matey Kaziyski

Matey Kaziyski
Personal information
Full name	Matey Iliyanov Kaziyski
Nickname	The Emperor
Nationality	Bulgarian
Born	(1984-09-23) September 23, 1984 (age 32) Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Spike	392 cm (154 in)
Block	345 cm (136 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Current club	Trentino Volley
Number	1
Career
Years Teams 1995–2002 2002–2004 2004–2005 2005–2007 2007–2013 2013 2013–2014 2014 2014–2015 2015–2016 2016– Slavia Sofia Lukoil Bourgas Slavia Sofia Dynamo Moscow Itas Diatec Trentino Al-Rayyan Halkbank Ankara Al-Rayyan Trentino Volley JTEKT Stings Trentino Volley
National team
2003–2012  Bulgaria
Honours Representing  Bulgaria Men's Volleyball World Championship 2006 Japan World Cup 2007 Japan European Championship 2009 Turkey
Last updated: 9 April 2017

Matey Kaziyski (Bulgarian: Матей Казийски) (born 23 September 1984) is a Bulgarian volleyball player, a member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team in 2003–2012 and Italian club Trentino Volley, a participant of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, bronze medalist of the World Championship 2006, World Cup 2007 and European Championship 2009. He is a multiple winner of the CEV Champions League and FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship with the Italian club Trentino Volley.

Kaziyski was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. His parents were volleyball players in Bulgarian national teams. As a child he trained different sports like football, basketball and horse riding. Kaziyski is dating Elisabetta Farrugio, former Miss Trento.

Kaziyski and Radostin Stoychev have been working together since 2004 in the clubs of Slavia Sofia, Dynamo Moscow, Halkbank Ankara and Trentino. Between 2008 and 2015, the Bulgarian won fifteen titles with Trentino, including four Italian Championship titles, three CEV Champions League titles and four Club World Championship titles. In 2015 he left Trentino Volley to play in the Japanese top championship. In the 2016 season, he returned back to Trentino

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