| Michael John Lema | |
| Birth Date: | 3 April 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Itigi, Tanzania |
| Height: | 1.71m |
| Position: | Right midfielder, Left midfielder |
| Currentclub: | SV Wacker Burghausen |
| Clubnumber: | 9 |
| Youthyears1: | 2008–2012 |
| Youthclubs1: | SV Dobernik Tristach |
| Youthyears2: | 2012–2013 |
| Youthclubs2: | Rapid Lienz |
| Youthyears3: | 2013–2018 |
| Youthclubs3: | Sturm Graz |
| Years1: | 2016–2018 |
| Caps1: | 47 |
| Goals1: | 23 |
| Years2: | 2018–2021 |
| Caps2: | 24 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs3: | → TSV Hartberg (loan) |
| Caps3: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs4: | TSV Hartberg |
| Caps4: | 6 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2022 |
| Caps5: | 7 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs6: | DSV Leoben |
| Caps6: | 21 |
| Goals6: | 6 |
| Years7: | 2024– |
| Caps7: | 9 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2019 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2019 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 30 April 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 21:18, 2 June 2020 (UTC) |
Michael John Lema (born 3 April 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a right or left midfielder for German club SV Wacker Burghausen. Born in Tanzania, Lema was a youth international for Austria.
On 21 March 2018, Lema signed his first professional contract with SK Sturm Graz.[1] Lema made his professional debut for Sturm Graz in a 0–0 Austrian Football Bundesliga tie with SC Rheindorf Altach on 27 May 2018.[2] In December 2019 it was confirmed, that Lema would join TSV Hartberg on loan from January 2020 until the end of the season.[3]
At the end of the 2020–21 season, he moved to Hartberg on a permanent basis.[4]
On 8 February 2022, Lema signed with Lafnitz.[5]
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.[6]