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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|2|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Stevenage]], [[Hertfordshire]], England
| height =
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| currentclub = [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]
| clubnumber = 27
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2003
| youthclubs1 = [[Stevenage F.C.|Stevenage Borough]]
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| caps20 = 42
| goals20 = 0
| years21 = 2025–
| clubs21 = [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]
| caps21 = 0
| goals21 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2003–2004
| nationalteam1 = [[England national under-16 football team|England U16]]
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| nationalteam4 = [[England national under-20 football team|England U20]]
| nationalcaps4 = 1
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| club-update = 17:10, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
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'''David Robert Edmund Button''' (born 27 February 1989) is an English professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]
A product of the [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Under-23s and Academy|academy]], Button came to prominence at [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] in 2013. He earned 31 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for [[England national football team|England]] from [[England national under-16 football team|U16]] to [[England national under-20 football team|U20]] level.
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[[File:David Button Spurs 2010 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Button training with [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] in 2010|254x254px]]
Button joined [[Premier League]] side [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]'s [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Reserves and Academy|youth academy]] in 2003 and signed a scholarship deal in July 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/international-roundup-101003/ |title=International round-up |work=tottenhamhotspur.com |access-date=17 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/past-players/david-button/ |title=David Button - tottenhamhotspur.com |work=tottenhamhotspur.com |access-date=17 August 2015}}</ref> After completing his scholarship, he signed his first professional contract on 28 December 2007, running until the summer of 2011.<ref name="spursplayers">{{Cite web |url=http://spursplayers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/david-button.html |title=Spurs Player Contracts & Development Squad Updates: David Button |last=zin |date=23 August 2012 |publisher=Spursplayers.blogspot.co.uk |access-date=28 June 2014 |archive-date=5 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105190748/http://spursplayers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/david-button.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> An injury to second-choice goalkeeper [[Heurelho Gomes]] saw Button receive his first call-up to senior team substitutes' bench early in the [[2009-10 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season|2009–10]] season for a 2–1 Premier League win over [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] on 23 August 2009.<ref name="spursplayers" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Sanghera |first=Mandeep |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8210561.stm |title=Football | Premier League | West Ham 1–2 Tottenham |work=BBC Sport |date=23 August 2009 |access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref> Button made his debut in the following game, replacing [[Carlo Cudicini]] after 81 minutes of a 5–1 [[League Cup]] victory over [[EFL Championship|Championship]] side [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/8214938.stm |title=Football | League Cup | Doncaster 1–5 Tottenham |work=BBC Sport |date=26 August 2009 |access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref> He was an unused substitute on a further two occasions during the 2009–10 season and signed a new contract after the season,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espnfc.com/player/111337/david-button?season=2009 |title=David Button |work=espnfc.com |access-date=17 August 2015}}</ref> running until 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/new-contract-for-button-280510/ |title=New contract for Button 28 May 2010 – News |publisher=tottenhamhotspur.com |date=28 May 2010 |access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref> Button spent most of his time as a Tottenham player [[Loan (football)|on loan]] to other clubs and proclaimed himself a "[[Journeyman (sports)|journeyman]]", having played for 12 different clubs by the age of 23.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.just-football.com/2012/04/meet-david-button-tottenham-barnsley/ |title=A journeyman at 23: Meet David Button, Tottenham's loan ranger | Just FootballJust Football |date=6 April 2012 |publisher=Just-football.com |access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref> In August 2012, despite having not been called into the first team squad in nearly three years, Tottenham goalkeeping coach [[Tony Parks]] said he held Button in "high regard" and that Button was a late developer in terms of increasing his strength.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/premier-league/tottenham-hotspur/spurs_coach_discusses_future_of_tottenham_s_goalkeepers_1_1469846 |title=Spurs coach discusses future of Tottenham's goalkeepers – Tottenham Hotspur – Hampstead and Highgate Express |publisher=Hamhigh.co.uk |date=3 August 2012 |access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref> Button departed Tottenham in late August 2012, having just played eight minutes in one first team appearance for the club.<ref name="Nixon">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/tottenham-transfer-news-david-button-1282826 |title=Tottenham transfer news: David Button reserve keeper with one game in seven years is being sold to Charlton – Mirror Online |last=Nixon |first=Alan |date=27 August 2012 |publisher=Mirror.co.uk |access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref>
==== 2007–08 – Grays Athletic and Rochdale loans ====
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=== Reading ===
On 8 August 2023, Button's contract with West
=== Ipswich Town ===
On 4 July 2025, [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] announced the signing of Button to a one-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=DAVID BUTTON SIGNS |url=https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2025/july/04/town-sign-goalkeeper-david-button/ |website=itfc.co.uk/ |publisher=Ipswich Town F.C. |access-date=4 July 2025 |date=4 July 2025}}</ref>
== International career ==
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== Personal life ==
Button attended [[Monk's Walk School]] in [[Welwyn Garden City]], [[Hertfordshire]].<ref name="u664">{{cite news| last=Hemmings | first=Mark | title=New Spurs deal for Welwyn Garden
== Career statistics ==
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