Matey Kaziyski

Matey Kaziyski
Personal information
Full name	Matey Kaziyski
Nickname	Matthew
Nationality	Bulgaria
Born	September 23, 1984 (1984-09-23) (age 27) Sofia
Hometown	Sofia
Height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	93 kg (210 lb)
Spike	379 cm (149 in)
Block	335 cm (132 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Wing Spiker
Current club	Itas Diatec Trentino
Number	1
National team
2005 -	Bulgaria
Honours Men's Volleyball Competitor for  Bulgaria World Championship Bronze 2006 Japan Team FIVB World Cup Bronze 2007 Japan Team Competition
Last updated: June 2010

Matey Kaziyski (Bulgarian: Матей Казийски; born 23 September 1984 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian volleyball player.

With Dynamo Moscow he won the bronze medal at the Men's CEV Champions League 2006–07 and was awarded Final Four' "Best Server".^[1]

In late 2007 Kazijski was involved in a contract dispute between his first club Slavia and the Russian Dynamo Moscow and his new club Trento.^[2] It ended with the player joining the Italian Trento in the summer of 2007.

Matey's mother and father were both Bulgarian national volleyball players. Still young he trained different sports like football, basketball and even bow shooting and horse riding.^[3] His volleyball career started in the junior team of Slavia Sofia as a setter. Subsequently he played in all positions until he finally became a spiker.^[3]

In April 2009, Kaziyski won the Men's CEV Champions League 2008–09 with Trentino Volley. He was awarded the Final Four's MVP award.^[4][5] In 2010 Trentino Volley defended their CEV Champions League title with a 3-1 win against Zenit Kazan.

Clubs

• Slavia Sofia (1995–2002)
• Lukoil Bourgas (2002–2004)
• Slavia Sofia (2004–2005)
• Dynamo Moscow (2005–2007)
• Itas Diatec Trentino (2007–present)

Awards

Individuals

• 2006 FIVB World Championship "Best Server"
• 2006–07 CEV Champions League "Best Server"
• 2008–09 CEV Champions League "Most Valuable Player"
• 2010–11 CEV Champions League "Best Spiker"
• Men's Club World Championship 2009 "Best Spiker"
• Men's Club World Championship 2009 "Most Valuable Player"
• Men's Club World Championship 2011 "Best Server"

Clubs

• 2006 Russian Championship - Champion, with Dynamo Moscow
• 2008 Italian Championship - Champion, with Itas Diatec Trentino
• 2009 Italian Championship - Runner-Up, with Itas Diatec Trentino
• 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League - , Champion, with Itas Diatec Trentino
• 2009 FIVB Club World Championship - Champion, with Itas Diatec Trentino
• 2010 Italian Cup - Champion, with Itas Diatec Trentino
• 2009–10 CEV Indesit Champions League - , Champion, with Itas Diatec Trentino
• 2010 FIVB Men's Club World Volleyball Championship - Champion, with Itas Diatec Trentino
• 2010–11 CEV Champions League - , Champion, with Trentino BetClic
• 2011 Italian Championship - Champion, with Itas Diatec Trentino
• 2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship winner with Itas Diatec Trentino.

References

1. ^ CEV. "German Friedrichshafen with sensational Champions’ League victory!". http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2007/news_archive_2007_04/8366_EN.html. Retrieved 2010-06-05. 
2. ^ "Slavia loses the Kaziyski case (in Bulgarian)". http://topsport.ibox.bg/news/id_1362665858. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "An interview with Kaziyski on the FIVB site". http://www.followmeandreazorzi.com/2007worldcup/video/kaziyski.html. 
4. ^ Николаев, Емил. "Казийски иска титла и с националите" (in Bulgarian). Сега. http://www.segabg.com/online/new/articlenew.asp?issueid=3528&sectionid=12&id=0002141. Retrieved 2009-04-11. 
5. ^ CEV. "TRENTINO wins CEV Indesit Champions League!". http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2009/news_archive_2009_04/14210_EN.html. Retrieved 2010-04-04. 

External links

• info about Kaziyski on the FIVB site
• Italian League Profile

Awards
Preceded by Frantz Granvorka	FIVB World Championship Best Server 2006	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Kaziyski, Matey
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	September 23, 1984
Place of birth	Sofia
Date of death
Place of death