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.
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 30) | ||
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 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2017 | Fremantle | 06 (0) | |
2020–2022 | Richmond | 17 (1) | |
2022– | Hawthorn | 10 (1) | |
Total | 33 (2) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of S7 (2022). | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Source: AustralianFootball.com |
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]
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.[3] 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.[4] She played every match in her debut season except for the round six match Carlton against due to being omitted,[5] and finished with six matches.[6] She was delisted at the end of the 2017 season.[7]
In 2018, she moved to Victoria to play with Carlton in the VFL Women's state competition.[8]
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.[9] In June 2021, she was delisted by Richmond, with the intent to re-draft her.[10] In the 2021 AFL Women's draft, Richmond indeed re-listed her with their final pick.[11][12]
At the end of 2022 AFLW season 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.
Updated to the end of S7 (2022).[13]
G |
Goals | K |
Kicks | D |
Disposals | T |
Tackles |
B |
Behinds | H |
Handballs | M |
Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
2017 | Fremantle | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 37 | 2 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 6.2 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 1 |
2020 | Richmond | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 13 | 57 | 8 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 9.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0 |
2021 | Richmond | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4 | 48 | 6 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 0.7 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0 |
2022 | Richmond | 34 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
S7 (2022) | Hawthorn | 34 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 12 | 95 | 25 | 21 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 1.2 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 2.1 | |
Career | 33 | 2 | 2 | 222 | 39 | 261 | 47 | 65 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6.7 | 1.2 | 7.9 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1 |
Individual
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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