Akec Makur Chuot (born 5 September 1992) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the

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in the

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competition. 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

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, refugee camp in Kenya. The family was sponsored by their uncle and moved to Perth. She attended

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. Her sister is Ayor Makur Chuot, a member of the

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representing the North Metropolitan region. In 2009, she tried Australian Rules football for the first time at an

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all-girls carnival. Chuot was drafted by Fremantle with their 18th selection and 139th overall in the

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. 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 at VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the 2017 season. She played every match in her debut season except for the round six match against due to being omitted, and finished with six matches. She was delisted at the end of the 2017 season. In 2018, she moved to Victoria to play with Carlton in the

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state competition. Makur Chuot played with Richmond in the

in 2019 and signed for the club ahead of the 2020 AFL Women's season. She made her club debut against at

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in the opening round of the 2020 season. In June 2021, she was delisted by Richmond, with the intent to re-draft her. In the

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, Richmond indeed re-listed her with their final pick. At the end of

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with 4 new clubs joining the

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Makur Chuot decided to move to . In Round 1, Makur Chuot played in their inaugural match against , she had 8 disposals.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Individual * goal of the year: S7 (2022) * Hawthorn games record holder: 10 (Tied with Charlotte Baskaran, Catherine Brown,

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, Aileen Gilroy,

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, and Lucy Wales) * record holder for marks: 25 (Tied with Kaitlyn Ashmore, and

) * record holder for marks in a season: 25 – S7 (2022) (Tied with Kaitlyn Ashmore, and

)

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* * 1992 births Living people Fremantle Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Australian people of South Sudanese descent Sportspeople of South Sudanese descent South Sudanese refugees Sudanese refugees Richmond Football Club (AFLW) players Hawthorn Football Club (AFLW) players {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub