Zak Butters (born 8 September 2000) is a professional

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 oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who plays for the

Port Adelaide Football Club Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where they are nicknamed ...

in the

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(AFL). He was recruited by Port Adelaide with the 12th draft pick in the

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Early life

Butters grew up in

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and attended

Maribyrnong College Maribyrnong College, also known as Maribyrnong Secondary College, and formerly known as Maribyrnong High School, is a government-funded secondary day school that specialises in sports, located in Maribyrnong in the inner western suburbs of Me ...

as part of their selective sports academy. Zak Butters played for the Western Jets in the TAC Cup.

AFL career

Butters made his AFL debut in Port Adelaide's win over

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in the opening round of the

2019 AFL season The 2019 AFL season was the 123rd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season feature ...

kicking two goals. He was named in the 40 man All Australian squad in 2020.

Statistics

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* 2000 births Living people Port Adelaide Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) People from Bacchus Marsh {{AFL-bio-2000s-stub