Akec Makur Chuot

Akec Makur Chuot
Makur Chuot in January 2017
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) Ruck
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017 Fremantle 6 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

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

Chuot was born on 5 September 1992 in South Sudan, the same year her father passed away. 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, I she tried AFL for the first time at a 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, Akec moved to Victoria to Play in the VFLW with Carlton Football Club.


References

  1. ↑ Fee, Tom. "Meet Freo's most unlikely footballer". Freemantle Dockers website. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  2. 1 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.
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