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.
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