Changkuoth Jiath ( ; born 13 June 1999) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who plays for the

Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawth ...

in the

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(AFL).

Early life

Born in

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

South Sudanese South Sudan is home to around 60 indigenous ethnic groups and 80 linguistic partitions among a population of around million. Historically, most ethnic groups were lacking in formal Western political institutions, with land held by the communi ...

parents, Jiath moved to Australia when he was six years old. Living in the town of

Morwell Morwell is a town in the Latrobe Valley area of Gippsland, in South-Eastern Victoria, Australia approximately 152 km (94 mi) east of Melbourne. Morwell has a population of 14,389 people at the . It is both the capital and administra ...

he played his junior football at the Morwell Youth Club. Changkuoth then went on to play senior football at the Morwell Tigers Football Club. Because his name was hard for others to pronounce, Jiath adopted the nickname "CJ" to make it easier for people to address him. He completed high school while boarding at

Xavier College Xavier College is a Roman Catholic, day and boarding school predominantly for boys, founded in 1872 by the Society of Jesus, with its main campus located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Classes started in 1878. The ...

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. During his time at Xavier, he forged close friendships with future

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players

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and

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AFL Career

Known as ''CJ'', Jiath was selected as a 2017 category B rookie. He had a delayed start to the 2018 season when he suffered a groin injury during the pre-season. Jiath made his debut for Box Hill mid year he showed good signs on the half back line. Jiath made his debut for Hawthorn in the snow for their round 21, 2019 game against . He ended up playing 2 games during the

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. In the middle of the 2020 season, Jiath was upgraded to the senior list following changes to the rookie promotion rules. The 2021 season ended up being a breakout year for Jiath as he grew with skill and confidence. Nearly averaging 20+ disposals for all 16 games he played in. Jiath's season was cut short due to a PCL injury which ruled him out for the remainder of the season. His younger brother Tew Jiath debuted for Collingwood in 2024.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team *

McClelland Trophy The McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football club championship trophy, awarded each year to the club with the best aggregate performance across the Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's (AFLW) seasons. The trophy was inaugur ...

(): 2024 * VFL premiership player (): 2018 Individual * 22under22 team: 2021

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jiath, Changkuoth 1999 births Living people Morwell Football Club players Box Hill Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club players Gippsland Power players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Australian people of South Sudanese descent Sportspeople of South Sudanese descent Sudanese emigrants to Australia People educated at Xavier College South Sudanese players of Australian rules football South Sudanese refugees Refugees in Ethiopia People from Morwell, Victoria 21st-century Australian sportsmen VFL/AFL players born outside Australia