| Matey Kaziyski | |
| Full Name: | Matey Iliyanov Kaziyski |
| Nickname: | The Emperor |
| Nationality: |  Bulgarian |
| Birth Date: | 23 September 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Height: | 2.02 m |
| Weight: | 93 kg |
| Spike: | 390 cm |
| Block: | 340 cm |
| Position: | Outside hitter |
| Currentclub: |  Power volley Milano |
| Currentnumber: | 1 |
| Years: | 2002–2004 2004–2005 2005–2007 2007–2013 2013 2013–2014 2014 2014–2015 2015–2016 2016 2016–2018 2018 2018–2019 2019–2020 2020–2021 2021–2023 2023 – |
| Teams: | Lukoil Neftohimik Burgas Slavia Sofia  Dynamo Moscow Trentino Volley Al Rayyan Halkbank Ankara Al Rayyan Trentino Volley JTEKT Stings Trentino Volley JTEKT Stings Stocznia Szczecin Calzedonia Verona JTEKT Stings Calzedonia Verona Trentino Volley Allianz Milano |
| Nationalyears: | 2003–2012 |
Matey Iliyanov Kaziyski (Bulgarian: Матей Илиянов Казийски) (born 23 September 1984) is a Bulgarian professional volleyball player, member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team during 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. 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. In 2017 their son Aleksander was born.
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 to Trentino.[1] [2]
Kaziyski with Bulgaria team won the bronze medal in the 2006 World Championship, ranking fifth among the most productive scorers in the championship and receiving the best server award. In 2012 Kaziyski left the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team, together with coach Radostin Stoytchev, due to a scandal with Bulgarian Volleyball Federation (BFV). The player said he would not get back, until the leadership and structure of the BFV is changed.[3]