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King was capped by England at [[England national under-16 football team|under-16]] and [[England national under-17 football team|under-17]] level.<ref name="Introducing the squad">{{cite web|title=Introducing the squad|url=http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/team/player-profile/tom-king/31|publisher=millwallfc.co.uk|accessdate=24 September 2016}}</ref> He also qualifies for Wales as his mother was born in [[Cardiff]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/17907111.newport-county-ace-tom-king-love-earn-wales-call-up/|title=Exiles number one Tom King would '100 welcome' Wales call|website=South Wales Argus|date=17 September 2019 }}</ref> as well as being eligible for [[Gibraltar national football team|Gibraltar]] through residency, having spent several years there as a child, where he first started playing football in the youth ranks at [[Manchester 62 F.C.|Manchester United (Gibraltar)]].<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1012045635976036353|user=FootballGib|title=Tom King, who is eligible for Gibraltar after the recent eligibility rule change to move in line with FIFA's rules,…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=27 June 2018}}</ref>
 
On 7 November 2019, King was called up to the [[Wales national football team]] for the first time for the [[UEFA Euro 2020]] qualifying matches against [[Azerbaijan national football team|Azerbaijan]] and [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50339704 |title=Tom King: Newport County goalkeeper added to Wales squad for Euro 2020 qualifiers |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 November 2019 |access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref> In August 2021, following the withdrawal of [[Adam Davies (footballer, born 1992)|Adam Davies]] due to a positive [[COVID-19]] test, King was called up in the squad for the September international fixtures—a friendly against [[Finland national football team|Finland]] and [[2022 FIFA World Cup]] [[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|qualifiers]] against [[Belarus national football team|Belarus]] and [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Kirwan |first=Chris |url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19548131.tom-king-called-wales-adam-davies-covid-positive/ |title=Tom King called up by Wales after Adam Davies Covid positive |publisher=South Wales Argus |date=31 August 2021 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> HeSince 2021 King has neverbeen a Wales squad member a number of times but he has not appeared in a match for Wales, however.
 
==Career statistics==