International Career
King qualified to play for Wales through a Welsh grandfather and is a former Wales under-19 international and currently plays for the under-21 team, receiving his first call-up on 10 October 2007. He scored his first goal in a 5–1 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying win over Luxembourg under-21 on 31 March 2009. He was in the squad that narrowly lost out to England in the play-offs for a spot at the 2009 European Championships.
On 22 May 2009, King received his first call up to the senior Wales squad when he was named in manager John Toshack's squad for a friendly match against Estonia. Despite naming King in the squad, Toshack admitted King was not yet ready for international football. He made his debut as a second half substitute, replacing Ched Evans in the 89th minute as Wales beat Estonia 1–0.
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