Michael John Lema (born 3 April 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a right or left midfielder for Austrian club Lafnitz. Born in Tanzania, Lema was a youth international for Austria.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1999-04-03) 3 April 1999 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Itigi, Tanzania | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right midfielder, Left midfielder[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Lafnitz | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| 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 | 6 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 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 18 April 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:18, 2 June 2020 (UTC) | |||
On 21 March 2018, Lema signed his first professional contract with SK Sturm Graz.[2] Lema made his professional debut for Sturm Graz in a 0-0 Austrian Football Bundesliga tie with SC Rheindorf Altach on 27 May 2018.[3] In December 2019 it was confirmed, that Lema would join TSV Hartberg on loan from January 2020 until the end of the season.[4]
At the end of the 2020–21 season, he moved to Hartberg on a permanent basis.[5]
On 8 February 2022, Lema signed with Lafnitz.[6]
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.[7]