Michael John Lema
 Lema with Austria U18 in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 April 1999 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Sturm Graz II | 47 | (23) |
| 2018–2021 | Sturm Graz | 24 | (3) |
| 2020–2021 | → TSV 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) |
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*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.
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]
References
- ^ Michael John Lema at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Michael John Lema at Soccerway
- ^ "Michael John Lema erhält Profivertrag bei Sturm Graz".
- ^ "Rheindorf Altach vs. Sturm Graz - 27 May 2018". Soccerway.
- ^ Sturm Graz: Michael John Lema wechselt leihweise zu TSV Hartberg, sportreport.biz, 16 December 2019
- ^ "Lema bleibt, Duo verlässt den TSV" (in German). TSV Hartberg. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Michael John Lema ist absofort ein Lafnitzer!" (in German). Lafnitz. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Futaa. "Mfahamu Michael John Lema, Samatta mwingine anayekipiga Bundesliga". futaa.com.