# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matiss-kivlenieks
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:57:09.661Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matiss-kivlenieks"
name: "Matīss Kivlenieks"
slug: "matiss-kivlenieks"
description: "Matīss Edmunds Kivlenieks was a Latvian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for Prizma Riga of the Latvian Hockey Higher League (LHL), the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL), and the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 2012 and 2021. Kivlenieks died on 4 July 2021 after being struck by fireworks."
tagline: "Latvian ice hockey goaltender (1996–2021)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Kivlenieks_Matiss.jpg/330px-Kivlenieks_Matiss.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1996-08-26"
deathDate: "2021-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.7
  momentum:             15
  historical:           10.15562266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/m_kiv80/"
    handle:    "m_kiv80"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat%C4%ABss_Kivlenieks"
    title: "Matīss Kivlenieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "ماتيس كيڤلينيكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat%C4%ABss_Kivlenieks"
    title: "Matīss Kivlenieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat%C4%ABss_Kivlenieks"
    title: "Matīss Kivlenieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat%C4%ABss_Kivlenieks"
    title: "Matīss Kivlenieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat%C4%ABss_Kivlenieks"
    title: "Matīss Kivlenieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat%C4%ABss_Kivlenieks"
    title: "Matīss Kivlenieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat%C4%ABss_Kivlenieks"
    title: "Matīss Kivlenieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat%C4%ABss_Kivlenieks"
    title: "Matīss Kivlenieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat%C4%ABss_Kivlenieks"
    title: "Matīss Kivlenieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81"
    title: "Кивлениекс, Матисс"
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    title: "Matīss Kivlenieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump