Akec Makur Chuot

Akec Makur Chuot (born 5 September 1992) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond 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
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
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017 Fremantle 06 (0)
2020 Richmond 06 (0)
Total 12 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season.
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] He family was sponsored by their uncle and moved to Perth. She attended Aranmore Catholic College.[2]

In 2009, she tried AFL 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]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season.[10]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017 Fremantle14600298372130.00.04.81.36.20.32.2
2018 —————————————————
2019 —————————————————
2020 Richmond346004413578120.00.07.32.29.51.32.0
Career 12 0 0 73 21 84 10 25 0.0 0.0 6.1 1.8 7.0 0.8 2.1
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References
  1. Fee, Tom. "Meet Freo's most unlikely footballer". Freemantle Dockers website. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  2. "Player's Voice - Alec Makur Chuot". Player's Voice website. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  3. "100 per cent WA talent drafted to Freo". FremantleFC.com.au. Bigpond. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  4. "AFLW Teams Round 1: Full sides named for inaugural round of AFL Women's competition". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  5. "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.
  6. "Akec Makur Chuot". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  7. Black, Sarah (29 May 2017). "AFLW trade period analysis: How did your club go?". AFL.com.au. Telstra. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  8. Nakos, Nicholas. "From Sudan to Carlton: Chuot's story". www.carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  9. "Round 1 AFLW teams and expert tips". The Age. Fairfax Media. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  10. "Akec Makur Chuot". Australian Football. Retrieved 28 January 2020.


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