Сергей Моня - один из самых известных basketball players of Russia. A born leader with a good command of basketball skills, as well as an irreplaceable soul of the company. Champion of Europe in 2007, multiple prizewinner of the Russian championship, PBL and the VTB League in the set of teams ... The regalia and dignity of this wonderful player can be listed for a very long time. Now we will tell you who Sergey Monya is and how he became the legend of Russian basketball.
Sergey Alexandrovich Monya was born in the citySaratov on April 15, 1983. My father worked as a truck driver, and my mother was the head of the farm. Sergei's first sport was football, he gave him about 4 years, later on the advice of a friend he began to play basketball. He started, like many stars, from the smallest, from the children's sports and youth school.
At 17, the already high-profile player becameto play for local "Avtodor". The first coach, who brought up the future champion, was Lyubov Polyakova, who literally nurtured young talent. Parameters of Sergei are ideal for basketball - an increase of 203 centimeters. Successes did not take long to wait, already in 2000 basketball player Sergei Monya raised the champion's cup of Russia over his head, and after a short time he became the best forward of the tournament.
Because of the financial problems of the Saratov Clubthe player had to leave the team, the benefit of his long-sighted scouts basketball CSKA. Of course, at first he had to "sit" on the bench of the famous and titled club, nevertheless, speaking for the army he won the championship three times. Ambitions of the future champion of Europe did not allow Sergei to sit on the bench, and already in 2004 the athlete nominated himself for the draft in the NBA, the strongest basketball league in the world! Monya issued an excellent start in the national basketball association, but unfortunately, he could not gain a foothold. Many basketball experts do not understand the reason so far: maybe he could not adapt to life in the US, maybe the speed of the American game could not stand ...
In 2006 Sergei Monya signed a contract withcapital "Dynamo", for which he long dreamed to play. For the blue and white star forward played four seasons. In 2007, Sergei won, perhaps, the most important award for himself and his country in the history of modern Russian basketball - the European Champions Cup. Having passed this tournament shoulder to shoulder with Andrey Kirilenko (now the president of the Russian Federation of basketball), John Robert Holden, Vitaly Fridzon, Alexander Kaun and many others, Sergey Monya hung the coveted champion medal around his neck. David Blat, who in those years was the head coach of the national team, many times repeated that Sergei - definitely the most talented and diligent player of all, with whom he had to work in the team. Agree, this praise from one of the best European coaches is expensive!
С 2010 года и по настоящее время баскетболист Sergei Monya stands for the eponymous club from the city of Khimki. The unbending leader of the Russian national team led the club from Mytischi to the championship in the most prestigious tournament in Russia, as well as the European Cup. At this champion's pace Sergei did not end, in 2012 he took the bronze of the Olympic Games in London, forever inscribed his name in history.
In June 2016, Sergei announced that he was completingcareer in the national team. 33-year-old athlete decided to concentrate on performances for his professional club. As the president of the Russian Basketball Federation Andrei Kirilenko said: "Monya did a lot for the main team of the country, he always came to the first call and helped the team, he definitely deserved rest." Many experts and functionaries note that Sergei made a huge contribution to the development of the national team, raised the prestige of performing for her among professional basketball players from other clubs, for which Monya is undoubtedly an authority.
Sergei is only 33 years old, he is in a beautifulphysical and psychological form. This indicates that new games, new battles, new victories are awaiting in the new basketball season of the long-standing leader Khimki! Sergey Monya is a basketball player of the highest class, and he is still full of energy and desire to conquer new peaks, to achieve truly golden results!
