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 31)
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
Club information
Current club Hawthorn
Number 34
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017 Fremantle 06 (0)
2020–2022 (S6) Richmond 17 (1)
2022 (S7)– Hawthorn 15 (1)
Total38 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 8, 2023.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Akec Makur Chuot (born 5 September 1992) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL Women's competition.

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Chuot was born on 5 September 1992 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. [1] The family was sponsored by their uncle and moved to Perth. She attended Aranmore Catholic College. [2] Her sister is Ayor Makur Chuot, a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the North Metropolitan region. [3]

In 2009, she tried Australian Rules football for the first time at an East Perth Football Club all-girls carnival. [2] Chuot was drafted by Fremantle with their 18th selection and 139th overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. [4] She was also one of the Australian Post Multicultural Ambassadors for the 2017 season. She made her debut in the thirty-two point loss to the Western Bulldogs at VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the 2017 season. [5] She played every match in her debut season except for the round six match Carlton against due to being omitted, [6] and finished with six matches. [7] She was delisted at the end of the 2017 season. [8]

In 2018, she moved to Victoria to play with Carlton in the VFL Women's state competition. [9]

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. [10] In June 2021, she was delisted by Richmond, with the intent to re-draft her. [11] In the 2021 AFL Women's draft, Richmond indeed re-listed her with their final pick. [12] [13]

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.

Statistics

Updated to the end of round 8, 2023. [14]

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 34500344381380.00.06.80.87.62.61.6
Career38222564329960730.10.16.71.17.91.61.93

Honours and achievements

Individual

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  6. ↑ "AFLW Round 6 teams: Full squads for second last week of AFL Women's competition". Fox Sports (Australia) . News Corp Australia. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
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  9. ↑ Nakos, Nicholas. "From Sudan to Carlton: Chuot's story". www.carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Round 1 AFLW teams and expert tips". The Age . Fairfax Media. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ @RichmondWomens (27 July 2021). "With our final selection of the 2021..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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