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season turned out to be a very disappointing one for
Hibernians, as the club finished the first phase of the season in the relegation pool, before finishing the season in seventh position. Caruana went on to make 21 appearances, but failed to score any goals. However, the club won the
325:, who were struggling against relegation. He made 17 appearances, without scoring, but unfortunately Mosta failed to avoid relegation after finishing in ninth position in the Maltese Premier League. Caruana's parent club, Hibernians went on to secure a fourth-place finish.
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season hoping to establish himself. Caruana still failed to mark a first team place his own and up to the
January transfer window of 2006, he only made one appearance. He was sent out of loan for the remainder of the season to fellow Maltese Premier League team
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season. The loan move had paid off, as
Caruana cemented a first team place, making 19 appearances, but failing to score as Hibernians finished in fifth position in the Maltese Premier League. He did gain his first taste of success as Hibernians secured the
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after he returned a positive sample during an out-of-competition test conducted by the
National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) back in March 2017. In September 2018 after having his ban cut short, he returned to Valletta.
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season, saw
Caruana gain a few more first team opportunities. He helped Hibernians to another third-place finish in the Maltese Premier League, with Caruana going on to make four appearances, without scoring and goals.
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season. Making the transition from youth team to first team, he was only used as a bit part player, and went on to make just one appearance during the season, with
Hibernians going on to finish in third position in the
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On 26 September 2017, Caruana was handed a four-year ban from football. The 31-year-old was provisionally suspended by the
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by two points to win the
Maltese Premier League title. Caruana made 26 appearances and chipped in with three goals.
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Caruana still struggled to make his mark in the
Hibernians first team, and went into the
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In July 2021, Caruana retired after making over 300 Maltese
Premier League appearances.
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Caruana hoped to help
Hibernians retain the Maltese Premier League title for the
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1147:"Former Malta defender Jonathan Caruana set to retire from football"
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Hibernians went from one extreme to the other during the
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Statistics accurate as of match played 9 August 2009.
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997:Scores and results list Malta's goal tally first.
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1134:Valletta defender Caruana handed four-year ban
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1436:Malta men's youth international footballers
244:*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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364:, the club shocked the critics and beat
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255:(born 24 July 1986) is a professional
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1411:Men's association football defenders
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337:for the second consecutive season.
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377:Maltese Player of the Year
276:Malta Football Association
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447:Maltese Premier League
413:Maltese Premier League
303:Maltese Premier League
267:, where he plays as a
261:Maltese Premier League
1426:Valletta F.C. players
1214:– current squad
467:Malta Football Awards
351:Maltese national team
182:International career
36:Personal information
991:International goals
353:during the season.
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1421:Mosta F.C. players
16:Maltese footballer
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514:Club performance
502:Career statistics
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428:Maltese Super Cup
422:Maltese FA Trophy
395:joined Valletta.
347:Maltese Super Cup
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1374:Manager: Abdilla
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523:League Cup
362:Mark Miller
335:Maltese Cup
89:Centre back
85:Position(s)
1390:Categories
1268:Monticelli
1122:References
769:Hibernians
605:Hibernians
461:Individual
407:Hibernians
294:Hibernians
288:Hibernians
257:footballer
132:Hibernians
55:1986-07-24
1368:Tulimieri
1259:Camilleri
488:2011β2012
478:2010β2011
216:Malta U21
203:Malta U19
190:Malta U17
145:2005β2006
127:2003β2010
41:Full name
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578:League
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402:Honours
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916:Total
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594:Total
590:Europe
575:Malta
570:Goals
564:Goals
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534:Season
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