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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
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
Hawthorn games record holder
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.

Statistics

Updated to the end of S7 (2022).[13]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
				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

Honours and achievements

Individual

• Hawthorn games record holder (Tied with Charlotte Baskaran, Catherine Brown, Jess Duffin, Aileen Gilroy, Tilly Lucas-Rodd, Tamara Smith, and Lucy Wales)
• Hawthorn record holder for marks: 25 (Tied with Kaitlyn Ashmore, and Jess Duffin)
• Hawthorn record holder for marks in a season: 25 – S7 (2022) (Tied with Kaitlyn Ashmore, and Jess Duffin)

References

External links

• Akec Makur Chuot's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
• Akec Makur Chuot at AustralianFootball.com

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