John Bonello

John Bonello

Personal information
Date of birth	(1958-05-10) 10 May 1958
Place of birth	Msida, Malta
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1980	Hibernians
1980–1981	SC Herford	6	(0)
1981–1993	Hibernians
International career‡
1979–1987	Malta	29	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 March 2012

John Bonello (born 10 May 1958) is a Maltese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Bonello has played his entire career at Hibernians Paola, except for a season at German lower league side SC Herford.

International career

Bonello made his debut for Malta in an August 1979 friendly match against Tunisia. He earned a total of 29 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 7 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. Bonello was the goalkeeper in the infamous December 1983 European Championship qualification defeat by Spain, which Malta lost 1–12, ensuring that Spain qualified for Euro 1984 ahead of the Netherlands.

His final international was a January 1987 European Championship qualification match against Italy.

Personal life

His son Henry is an international goalkeeper as well.

External links

• John Bonello at FIFA (archived)
• John Bonello at EU-Football.info
• John Bonello at FBref.com
• John Bonello at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
• John Bonello at National-Football-Teams.com
• John Bonello at WorldFootball.net