Akec Makur Chuot

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Akec Makur Chuot
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Makur Chuot with Richmond in February 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-09-05) 5 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Yirol, South Sudan
Original team(s) Swan Districts (WAWFL)
Draft No. 139, 2016 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Fremantle  vs. Western Bulldogs, at VU Whitten Oval
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Half-back
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017 Fremantle 06 (0)
2020–2022 (S6) Richmond 17 (1)
2022 (S7)–2023 Hawthorn 17 (1)
Total40 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Akec Makur Chuot (born 5 September 1992) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club, Richmond Football Club, and Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL Women's competition.

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Early life and education

Akec Makur Chuot was born on 5 September 1992 [1] in South Sudan, the same year her father died. She was raised by her single mother in a family of seven and for twelve years they lived in Kakuma, refugee camp in Kenya. [2]

The family was sponsored by their uncle and moved to Perth, Western Australia, [3] in 2005. [4] She attended Aranmore Catholic College. [3]

Career

In 2009, Makur Chuot tried Australian Rules football for the first time at an East Perth Football Club all-girls carnival. [3] She was drafted by Fremantle with their 18th selection and 139th overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. [5] She was also one of the Australian Post Multicultural Ambassadors for the 2017 season. She made her debut in the 32-point loss to the Western Bulldogs at VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the 2017 season. [6] She played every match in her debut season except for the round six match Carlton against due to being omitted, [7] and finished with six matches. [8] She was delisted at the end of the 2017 season. [9]

In 2018, she moved to Victoria to play with Carlton in the VFL Women's state competition. [10]

Makur Chuot played with Richmond in the VFL Women's in 2019 and signed for the club ahead of the 2020 AFL Women's season. She made her club debut against Carlton at Ikon Park in the opening round of the 2020 season. [11] In June 2021, she was delisted by Richmond, with the intent to re-draft her. [12] In the 2021 AFL Women's draft, Richmond indeed re-listed her with their final pick. [13] [14]

At the end of 2022 season 6 with 4 new clubs joining the AFLW Makur Chuot decided to move to Hawthorn. In Round 1, Makur Chuot played in their inaugural match against Essendon, she had 8 disposals.

Personal life and advocacy

Makur Chuot's sister is Ayor Makur Chuot, a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the North Metropolitan region. [15]

Makur Chuot has a half-sister in South Sudan whom she met there in 2013, when she (the sister) was 10 years old. She later learnt that this sister had been forced to marry a much older Australian man, who travelled between the two countries, when she was just 15. By 2024, she was the divorced mother of two young children, stuck in South Sudan and with no opportunities to further her education. This motivated Makur Chuot to join World Vision's "1000 Voices for 1000 Girls" campaign, which uses the personal stories of victims with the aim of helping to reduce violence against women. [4]

Statistics

Updated to the end of 2023. [16]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2017 Fremantle 14600298372130.00.04.81.36.20.32.21
2020 Richmond 346004413578120.00.07.32.29.51.32.00
2021 Richmond 34600444486150.00.07.30.78.01.02.50
2022 (S6) Richmond 3451222224640.20.44.40.44.81.20.80
2022 (S7) Hawthorn 34101083129525210.10.08.31.29.52.52.12
2023 Hawthorn 347004164715120.00.05.90.96.72.11.70
Career40222634530862770.10.16.61.17.71.61.93

Honours and achievements

Individual

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  2. ↑ Fee, Tom. "Meet Freo's most unlikely footballer". Freemantle Dockers website. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Player's Voice - Alec Makur Chuot". Player's Voice website. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Akec's sister was married off to an Australian man when she was just 15". 7NEWS. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
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  11. ↑ "Round 1 AFLW teams and expert tips". The Age . Fairfax Media. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  12. ↑ "Jess Hosking becomes a Tiger". Richmond . Telstra. 9 June 2021. Ahead of this evening's first List Lodgement, Richmond can also announce that Akec Makur Chuot has been delisted, with the commitment of being re-drafted by the Club at the upcoming draft.
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