The saddest scenario for Trentino Volley fans has become reality. Matey Kaziyski will play for Halkbank Ankara in the next season. The same direction has been taken by the head-coach of Trentino Radostin Stoytchev (he is also an agent of Kaziyski). Turkish team wants to sign with Osmany Juantorena and Raphael Vieira de Oliveira too.
“I decided to follow Stoytchev in this adventure in Turkey for many reasons, personal and professional. Going away from Itas Diatec Trentino to me is very difficult, it is like leaving my house and for that reason I hope I will return here soon. I want to thank first of all the club, then my teammates and finally the fans with whom we shared six beautiful and rich in victories years. I hope that is not a goodbye” said Matey Kaziyski.
Kaziyski has played in Trentino for last six seasons, and he was involved in all fourteen trophies that currently Itas Diatec TRENTINO can count: 4 World Club, 3 Champions League, 3 League titles, three Italian Cups, 1 Italian Super Cup.
Kaziyski played in the jersey with number one in 277 games (in 194 of them he was captain), he scored 4,085 points (best striker of all time in club history).
“We respect the choice of Matey even if we make it hard to accept it” said the President of the Trentino Volley Diego Mosna. “I hope there’s an opportunity to bring him back in Trento after one year and in the meantime we will retire the jersey with number one because that can only be his. Thanks Matey for the six wonderful years spent in Trentino Volley and I wish him well.”
The Bulgarian pair, Kaziyski and Stoytchev, is not the first and arguably not last reinforcement of Halkbank Ankara. Previously, the vice-champion of Turkey signed a contract with a setter Arslan Eksi (Fenerbahce Istanbul) and Buruday Subasi (Arkas Izmir).
What is more, it seems Halkbank will be much stronger because Turks are close to attract another players of Trento Raphael Vieira de Oliveira and Osmany Juantorena. However, the last deal is disturbed by Zenit Kazan, which also desires the Cuban with Italian citizenship.
