Dmitri Vladimirovich Kombarov ( rus, Дми́трий Влади́мирович Комба́ров, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ kɐmˈbarəf; born 22 January 1987) is a Russian

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coach and a former player who played as a

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or a

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. He is the manager of Zvezda St. Petersburg. He is an identical twin brother of

Kirill Kombarov Kirill Vladimirovich Kombarov ( rus, Кири́лл Влади́мирович Комба́ров, p=kʲɪˈrʲil vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ kɐmˈbarəf; born 22 January 1987) is a Russian football official and a former player who played as a r ...

. Known for his technical skills and pace, he played as an attack minded left back.

Career

Dynamo Moscow

Dmitri started playing football at the age of 4. In 1993, Dmitri and his twin brother

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joined the Spartak Moscow football academy. After a conflict with the school coaches, the brothers left Spartak and joined the

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academy. Dmitri made his first appearance for the main squad of Dynamo on 13 July 2005 in a Russian Cup game against Dynamo Bryansk.

FC Spartak Moscow

In August 2010, the Kombarov brothers left

for their city rivals

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where they started their football education. Despite being a left defender, at the end of the 2012-13 season he finished as the top scorer of the team with 7 goals. On 19 June 2019, he was released from his Spartak contract by mutual consent.

Krylia Sovetov Samara

On 9 July 2019,

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club

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confirmed that Kombarov will join the squad for the 2019–20 season.

International career

His first appearance in

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was in February 2012, in the friendly match with

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. He was confirmed for the finalized

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squad on 25 May 2012. He scored his first international goal in a friendly match against

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on 5 March 2014. On 2 June 2014, he was included in the Russia's

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squad. He scored his first competitive goal for

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against

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in a 2016 European Championship qualification match. On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended

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squad as a back-up. He was not included in the finalized World Cup squad.

International goals

Career statistics

2017 RUS v BEL exhibition - Dmitriy Kombarov

Honours

Spartak Moscow *

: 2016-17 *

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Individual * List of 33 top players of the Russian league: #2 (2013/14).

References

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