Malone is from
Castleblayney. He played for the Monaghan Under U14s and U21s, and debuted in the senior Monaghan team in 2010. Malone played in the Monaghan
Ulster Senior final wins in both
2013 and
2015. He was the man of the match when Monaghan defeated
Galway at the end of the
Super 8s in 2018, taking the team to the
All Ireland Semi Final against
Tyrone. He put in his last appearance for Monaghan in the
2022 Ulster Senior final loss to Tyrone at
Croke Park. He retired from
inter-county football due to injury in January 2022. In September 2022, he was selected as a minor manager for Monaghan. ==References==