Chima Moneke is the first summer signing for Crvena zvezda Meridianbet
The 2025 summer transfer window has started with a bang for Crvena zvezda Meridianbet as the red-and-whites signed contract with 29-year-old Nigerian power forward Chima Moneke!
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The 2025 summer transfer window has started with a bang for Crvena zvezda Meridianbet as the red-and-whites signed contract with 29-year-old Nigerian power forward Chima Moneke!
The two sides inked a two-year contract, the club confirmed.
Chima Moneke spent the last two years in Spanish side Bakonia where he was one of the team’s best players. In the 2024/25 campaign, he averaged 14 points and 6.1 rebounds in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.
Before that, Moneke played for AS Monaco, with whom he won the 2023 French Championship and the 2023 French Cup, and for Manreasa, with whom he reached the 2022 FIBA Champions League Finals. In that season he was named the 2022 FIBA Champions League MVP. Meanwhile, he also had a short stint with the Sacramento Kings for which he made two appearances.
During his career, Moneke also played for French teams Rouen Métropole, Denain Voltaire, Béliers de Kemper and Orléans Loiret.
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Čima Moneke prvo pojačanje Crvene zvezde Meridianbet!
KK Crvena zvezda Meridianbet obaveštava javnost i sve Zvezdaše da je novi član našeg kluba Čima Moneke!
Dosadašnji krilni centar Baskonije potpisao je u utorak dvogodišnji ugovor sa KK Crvena zvezda i predstavljaće ogromno pojačanje za naš tim.
Nwachukwu Iheukwumere Chima Moneke ima 29 godina, rođen je 24.12. 1995. godine u Abudži u Nigeriji. Reprezentativac je Nigerije, i bivši član francuskih klubova Roan i Orlean. Sezona kojom je skrenuo pažnju na sebe odigrao je u španskoj Manresi 2022. godine kada je ta ekipa igrala finale FIBA Lige Šampiona, a Moneke bio MVP takmičenja.
Nastupao je nakon toga za Sakramento Kingse, kao i Monako sa kojim je osvojio prvenstvo Francuske i francuski kup.
Prošlu sezonu (ukupno dve u Vitoriji) Moneke je igrao u španskoj Endesi za Baskoniju, u kojoj je beležio više od 13 poena i 6 skokova po meču.
Visok je 2 metra i težak 101 kilogram, odlikuje ga ogromna energija, velika borbenost i sjajan osećaj za postavljanje u reketu zahvaljujući kome ima veliki broj skokova po meču.
