| Sergei Monia | |
| Career Position: | Small forward / power forward |
| Career Number: | 12, 15 |
| Birth Date: | 15 April 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 7.5 |
| Weight Lbs: | 236 |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Draft Round: | 1 |
| Draft Pick: | 23 |
| Draft Year: | 2004 |
| Draft Team: | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Career Start: | 2000 |
| Career End: | 2022 |
| Years1: | 2000–2002 |
| Team1: | Avtodor Saratov |
| Years2: | 2002–2005 |
| Team2: | CSKA Moscow |
| Team3: | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Years4: | 2006 |
| Team4: | →Fort Worth Flyers |
| Team5: | Sacramento Kings |
| Years6: | 2006–2010 |
| Team6: | Dynamo Moscow |
| Years7: | 2010–2021 |
| Team7: | Khimki |
| Years8: | 2022 |
| Team8: | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
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Sergei Alexandrovich Monia (Russian: Сергей Александрович Моня; born 15 April 1983) is a Russian former professional basketball player. He was selected by the NBA club the Portland Trail Blazers, in the first round (23rd overall) of the 2004 NBA draft. At a height of tall, he played at both the small forward and power forward positions.
Monia played briefly for the Portland Trail Blazers and the Sacramento Kings, during the 2005–06 NBA season, playing in 26 games and averaging 3 points per game, in 13 minutes per game.
On 23 February 2006 Monia and Seattle SuperSonics' center Vitaly Potapenko, were traded to the Kings, in exchange for power forward Brian Skinner (who ended up with the Trail Blazers), in a three-team deal. Monia saw action in only three games for the Kings, and was waived on 28 July 2006, because of his desire to play professionally in the Russian Superleague A for Dynamo Moscow.[1]
In June 2010, Monia signed a two-year deal with the Russian club Khimki.[2] With them, he won the EuroCup championship in 2012.[3] In June 2012, he extended his contract with Khimki, for two more years.[4] On 6 March 2015 he signed a new three-year contract extension with Khimki.[5]
On 13 June 2023, Monia announced his retirement.[6]
Monia has also been a member of the senior Russian national basketball team. With the Russian national team, he played at the EuroBasket 2003, the EuroBasket 2005, the 2008 Summer Olympics, the EuroBasket 2009, the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the EuroBasket 2013, and the EuroBasket 2015. He also won a gold medal at the EuroBasket 2007, a bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2011, and a bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[7] [8]
|-| align="left" | 2005–06| align="left" | Portland| 23 || 15 || 14.6 || .341 || .273 || .667 || 2.2 || .8 || .3 || .2 || 3.3|-| align="left" | 2005–06| align="left" | Sacramento| 3 || 0 || 2.3 || .000 || .000 || 1.000 || .3 || .0 || .3 || .0 || .7|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:left;"| Career| style="text-align:left;"|| 26 || 15 || 13.2 || .333 || .265 || .714 || 2.0 || .7 || .3 || .2 || 3.0