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{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Ang Christou
| image = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|1|16}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = East Brunswick
| debutdate = Round 24, 1991
| debutteam = [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]
| debutopponent = [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]
| debutstadium = [[MCG]]
| height = 190 cm
| weight = 90 kg
| position = 
| statsend = 2002
| years1 = 1991–2002
| club1 = [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]
| games_goals1 = 151 (20)
| careerhighlights = * [[AFL Rising Star|1993 AFL Rising Star nominee]]
* [[All-Australian team|1995 All-Australian team]]
* [[1995 AFL Grand Final|1995 Premiership Player]]
}}

'''Ang Christou''' (born 16 January 1972) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er for [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] in the [[Australian Football League]].

==AFL career==
Christou played for the [[Carlton Football Club]] and along with [[Anthony Koutoufides]] was a popular figure as a [[Greek Australian]].

In 2001, Christou had a solid pre-season, but missed the first month of the AFL season due to a knee injury. After his return in Round 7, Christou was noted for his penetrating kicks from defence. However, he was dropped after Round 17 playing only 13 games for the season, including a recall for the finals series of 2001 (receiving limited game time).

Christou was noted for his long, accurate left foot kicks, often upwards of 60–65 metres. Whenever taking a kick, short or long, a chant from the Carlton crowd of "WOOF!" would always be heard. Christou was the second Carlton player to receive this chant, after [[Val Perovic]] (another long, left-footed defender) during the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4311/newsid/118829/default.aspx|title=Bringing back the "WOOF!"|date=18 Jul 2011|access-date=18 Jul 2011|publisher=Carlton Football Club|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323143904/http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4311/newsid/118829/default.aspx|archive-date=23 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Statistics==
:<ref>[https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/A/Ang_Christou.html Ang Christou's player profile at AFL Tables]</ref>

{{Australian rules football statistics legend|p=y}}
{{AFL player statistics start with votes}}
|-
|- 
| [[1991 AFL season|1991]]
|{{AFL Car}}
| 56 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 8 || 4 || 12 || 5 || 1 || 1.0 || 2.0 || 8.0 || 4.0 || 12.0 || 5.0 || 1.0 || 0
|-
| [[1992 AFL season|1992]]
|{{AFL Car}}
| 39 || 5 || 1 || 0 || 38 || 10 || 48 || 4 || 10 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 7.6 || 2.0 || 9.6 || 0.8 || 2.0 || 0
|- 
| [[1993 AFL season|1993]]
|{{AFL Car}}
| 39 || 18 || 5 || 1 || 166 || 83 || 249 || 58 || 27 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 9.2 || 4.6 || 13.8 || 3.2 || 1.5 || 3
|-
| [[1994 AFL season|1994]]
|{{AFL Car}}
| 39 || 24 || 3 || 4 || 282 || 123 || 405 || 85 || 39 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 11.8 || 5.1 || 16.9 || 3.5 || 1.6 || 5
|- 
| scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C |'''[[1995 AFL season|1995]]''' <sup>#</sup> 
|{{AFL Car}}
| 39 || 25 || 6 || 5 || 339 || 118 || 457 || 92 || 50 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 13.6 || 4.7 || 18.3 || 3.7 || 2.0 || 7
|-
| [[1996 AFL season|1996]]
|{{AFL Car}}
| 39 || 24 || 1 || 8 || 283 || 87 || 370 || 83 || 26 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 11.8 || 3.6 || 15.4 || 3.5 || 1.1 || 3
|- 
| [[1997 AFL season|1997]]
|{{AFL Car}}
| 39 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 99 || 31 || 130 || 30 || 14 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 12.4 || 3.9 || 16.3 || 3.8 || 1.8 || 0
|-
| [[1998 AFL season|1998]]
|{{AFL Car}}
| 39 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- 
| [[1999 AFL season|1999]]
|{{AFL Car}}
| 39 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 87 || 36 || 123 || 21 || 10 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.9 || 3.3 || 11.2 || 1.9 || 0.9 || 0
|-
| [[2000 AFL season|2000]]
|{{AFL Car}}
| 39 || 10 || 1 || 1 || 80 || 30 || 110 || 12 || 11 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 8.0 || 3.0 || 11.0 || 1.2 || 1.1 || 0
|- 
| [[2001 AFL season|2001]]
|{{AFL Car}}
| 39 || 13 || 1 || 1 || 116 || 53 || 169 || 39 || 19 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 8.9 || 4.1 || 13.0 || 3.0 || 1.5 || 0
|-
| [[2002 AFL season|2002]]
|{{AFL Car}}
| 39 || 12 || 1 || 1 || 127 || 52 || 179 || 44 || 24 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 10.6 || 4.3 || 14.9 || 3.7 || 2.0 || 0
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3| Career
! 151
! 20
! 23
! 1625
! 627
! 2252
! 473
! 231
! 0.1
! 0.2
! 10.8
! 4.2
! 14.9
! 3.1
! 1.5
! 18
|}

==Post-football career==
Christou participated in the [[E. J. Whitten Legends Game]] in 2003 and was awarded Man of the Match for his great game that night and was met with an enthused reaction from the crowd.

There was talk of Christou trying out as a punter for the [[National Football League]] in early 2003, a three-man crew from a US club (the identity of which Christou refused to reveal) spent two weeks in Melbourne putting him through a series of stringent tests however no signing resulted.

He co-owned the Souvlaki Hut restaurant in [[Templestowe Lower, Victoria|Templestowe Lower]] in Melbourne's north-east with former Carlton teammate [[Anthony Koutoufides]], until its closure in early 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anthony Koutoufides vows to pay Souvlaki Hut staff|publisher=Herald Sun|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/souvlakis-go-cold-but-staff-in-clear/story-e6frf7kx-1225992035989|date=21 Jan 2011|access-date=31 May 2011}}</ref>

He married his girlfriend Tammy on 14 May 2016.

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{AFL Tables|A/Ang_Christou}}

{{1995 Carlton premiership players}}
{{1995 All-Australian team}}
{{1995 Victoria State of Origin players}}
{{1996 Victoria State of Origin players}}
{{1993 AFL Rising Star nominees}}

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