International Career
Király appeared in 86 international matches for the Hungarian national team since making his debut against Austria in 1998. After only four minutes, he saved a penalty from Austria's all-time top scorer Toni Polster, and Hungary won 3-2. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying, Király was the only player in the Hungarian squad to appear in all of their ten qualifying matches. He had not played for the national team since the embarrassing 2–1 defeat by Malta on 11 October 2006, but was called up to the squad for the World Cup Qualifiers against Sweden and Portugal in September 2009 and has remained in the squad despite being second choice behind Gábor Babos.
On 11 August 2010, Kiraly started for Hungary in a friendly international against England at Wembley and made some impressive saves in a narrow 2–1 defeat, with both England's goals scored by captain Steven Gerrard.
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