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Bigoa Nyuon

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Bigoa Nyuon
Nyuon with Richmond's VFL team in July 2021
Personal information
Nickname(s) Biggie[1]
Date of birth (2001-05-18) 18 May 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Nairobi, Kenya
Original team(s) Dandenong Stingrays (NAB League)/Rowville Football Club
Draft No. 54, 2019 AFL National Draft: Richmond
Debut Round 9, 2022, Richmond vs. Hawthorn, at MCG
Height 205 cm (6 ft 9 in)
Weight 103 kg (227 lb)
Position(s) Key Defender
Club information
Current club North Melbourne
Number 28
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2020–2023 Richmond 1 (0)
2024– North Melbourne 3 (0)
Total 4 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bigoa Nyuon (born 18 May 2001[2]) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having initially been drafted to the Richmond Football Club.[3] He played his first AFL match in round 9 of the 2022 AFL season against Hawthorn.[4]

Nyuon was traded to North Melbourne following the 2023 AFL season.[5]

Statistics

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Updated to the end of 2024.[6]

Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
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Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2020 Richmond 47 0
2021 Richmond 47 0
2022 Richmond 47 1 0 0 2 4 6 0 2 0.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 0.0 2.0
2023 Richmond 47 0
2024 North Melbourne 28 3 0 0 29 14 43 18 7 0.0 0.0 9.7 4.7 14.3 6.0 2.3
Career 4 0 0 31 18 49 18 9 0.0 0.0 7.8 4.5 12.3 4.5 2.3

Personal life

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Nyuon was born in Nairobi, Kenya to a family of South Sudanese people.[7] His sister Nyadol Nyuon is a lawyer and human rights activist.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Landsbergr, Sam (3 December 2019). "'Biggie' things expected from Richmond's Sudanese draftee". The Australian. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Bigoa NYUON". Richmond Football Club. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  3. ^ Slevison, Andrew (13 May 2022). "Why Tigers fans can get excited about "big unit" debutant". 1116 SEN. Sports Entertainment Network. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Martin weaves his magic to help Tigers silence Hawthorn". The Age. Nine Entertainment. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  5. ^ @AFLHouse (16 October 2023). "Trade paperwork approved. North Melbourne trade its Round Four pick (currently 65) to Richmond for Bigoa Nyuon" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "Bigoa Nyuon". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  7. ^ a b Sowerby, Sean (21 November 2019). "Mum's journey inspires Sudanese refugee Biggie Nyuon towards AFL dream". Seven News. Retrieved 14 May 2022.