Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 January 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Malta | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1994 | Sliema Wanderers | ||
1994–2004 | Valletta FC | ||
2004–2007 | Sliema Wanderers | ||
International career‡ | |||
1996–2002 | Malta | 56 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 December 2013 |
Darren Debono (born 9 January 1974[1]) is a Maltese former footballer.
Debono won 56 international caps for the Malta national team from 1996 to 2002, during which time his club was Valletta F.C.[2][3] In a 2000 friendly against England, his nose was broken by Alan Shearer's elbow.[4]
After retiring from football, Debono ran a restaurant and owned fishing boats.[5] In October 2017 he was arrested in Lampedusa and charged with involvement in smuggling oil from Libya.[6]