Michael John Lema

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Michael John Lema
Austria U-18 vs. Netherlands U-18 2017-03-23 (044).jpg
Lema with Austria U18 in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-04-03) 3 April 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Itigi, Tanzania
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Wide midfielder [1]
Team information
Current team
Wacker Burghausen
Number 9
Youth career
2008–2012 SV Dobernik Tristach
2012–2013 Rapid Lienz
2013–2018 Sturm Graz
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 Sturm Graz II 47 (23)
2018–2021 Sturm Graz 24 (3)
2020–2021TSV Hartberg (loan) 2 (0)
2021–2022 TSV Hartberg 6 (0)
2022 Lafnitz 7 (0)
2023–2024 DSV Leoben 21 (6)
2024– Wacker Burghausen 23 (6)
International career
2017 Austria U18 1 (0)
2017 Austria U19 3 (1)
2019 Austria U20 1 (1)
2019 Austria U21 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:18, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Michael John Lema (born 3 April 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a wide midfielder for German club Wacker Burghausen. [2] Born in Tanzania, Lema was a youth international for Austria.

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Club career

On 21 March 2018, Lema signed his first professional contract with Sturm Graz. [3] Lema made his professional debut for Sturm Graz in a 0–0 Austrian Football Bundesliga tie with Rheindorf Altach on 27 May 2018. [4] In December 2019 it was confirmed, that Lema would join TSV Hartberg on loan from January 2020 until the end of the season. [5]

At the end of the 2020–21 season, he moved to Hartberg on a permanent basis. [6]

On 8 February 2022, Lema signed with Lafnitz. [7]

International career

Lema was born in Tanzania, and in 2008 was sponsored to move to Austria. He is a youth international for Austria, but has expressed an interest in representing the Tanzania national football team. [8]

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References

  1. Michael John Lema at WorldFootball.net
  2. Michael John Lema at Soccerway
  3. "Michael John Lema erhält Profivertrag bei Sturm Graz".
  4. "Rheindorf Altach vs. Sturm Graz - 27 May 2018". Soccerway.
  5. Sturm Graz: Michael John Lema wechselt leihweise zu TSV Hartberg, sportreport.biz, 16 December 2019
  6. "Lema bleibt, Duo verlässt den TSV" (in German). TSV Hartberg. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  7. "Michael John Lema ist absofort ein Lafnitzer!" (in German). Lafnitz. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  8. Futaa. "Mfahamu Michael John Lema, Samatta mwingine anayekipiga Bundesliga". futaa.com.