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Mac Andrew
Mac Andrew
Personal information
Date of birth	4 December 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Original team(s)	Dandenong Stingrays (NAB League)/Berwick Football Club
Draft	No. 5, 2021 national draft
Height	201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s)	Utility
Club information
Current club	Gold Coast
Number	31
Playing career1
Years	Club
2022–	Gold Coast
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season.
Career highlights
	2023 AFL Rising Star nominee.; 22under22 team: 2024;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mac Andrew (born 4 December 2003) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Andrew was born in Cairo, Egypt, to South Sudanese parents.^[1] In 2005, at 18 months old, he moved to Australia with his family.^[2] He began playing Australian rules football for Wantirna South at the under-9s level and later played at Berwick, he also played basketball throughout his upbringing. Andrew progressed through the junior football ranks before being selected to represent the Dandenong Stingrays in the NAB League. He was also a member of the Melbourne Demons' Next Generation Academy but was later ruled ineligible to be selected by the Demons due to restrictions on NGA prospects bid on with first round picks.^[3] At the age of 17, Andrew was drafted to the Gold Coast Suns with pick 5 in the 2021 AFL draft^[4] and became the first player of South Sudanese heritage to be taken with a top five pick in the national draft. He was educated at St Joseph’s College in Ferntree Gully.

AFL career

Andrew made his AFL debut for the Gold Coast Suns at 18 years of age against the West Coast Eagles in round 20 of the 2022 AFL season^[5] and became the first Egyptian-born player to debut in the AFL.

In round 22 of the 2024 AFL season, Andrew kicked a goal after the siren to defeat the Essendon Bombers at Marvel stadium.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2024^[6]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2022	Gold Coast	31	4	0	0	27	15	42	18	8	0.0	0.0	6.8	3.8	10.5	4.5	2.0
2023	Gold Coast	31	17	0	0	148	39	187	88	24	0.0	0.0	8.7	2.3	11.0	5.2	1.4
2024	Gold Coast	31	20	9	4	199	87	286	118	33	0.5	0.2	10.0	4.4	14.3	5.9	1.7
Career			41	9	4	374	141	515	224	65	0.2	0.1	9.1	3.4	12.6	5.5	1.6