Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bonello akaita kutanga kwake kweMalta mumutambo wehushamwari waAugust 1979 neTunisia. Akawana huwandu hwe29 caps, asina kugadzira zvibodzwa. Akamirira nyika yake mumitambo minomwe yekukwikwidza kweFIFA World Cup. Bonello akanga ari muchengeti wemagariro evanhu mukurumbira wakashata waDecember 1983 muEuropean Championship kukundwa neSpain, iyo Malta yakarasikirwa 1<unk>12
, achivimbisa kuti Spain yakakwanisa kuenda kuEuro 1984 mberi kweNetherlands.