# Dmitri Kombarov

Dmitri Vladimirovich Kombarov (Russian: Дми́трий Влади́мирович Комба́ров, IPA:; born 22 January 1987) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a left midfielder or a left back. He is the manager of Spartak-2 Moscow. He is an identical twin brother of Kirill Kombarov. 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 Kirill joined the Spartak Moscow football academy. After a conflict with the school coaches, the brothers left Spartak and joined the Dynamo Moscow 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 Dynamo Moscow for their city rivals Spartak Moscow 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, Russian Premier League club PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara confirmed that Kombarov will join the squad for the 2019–20 season.

## International career

His first appearance in Russia national football team was in February 2012, in the friendly match with Denmark. He was confirmed for the finalized UEFA Euro 2012 squad on 25 May 2012. He scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Armenia on 5 March 2014. On 2 June 2014, he was included in the Russia's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad.
He scored his first competitive goal for Russia against Liechtenstein in a 2016 European Championship qualification match.
On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad as a back-up. He was not included in the finalized World Cup squad.

### International goals

| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 5 March 2014 | Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia | Armenia | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 8 September 2014 | Arena Khimki, Khimki, Russia | Liechtenstein | 3–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 Qualification |

## Coaching career

On 19 January 2024, Kombarov was appointed manager of the resurrected Spartak-2 Moscow.

## Career statistics

    As of 10 December 2017
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Dynamo Moscow | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 2006 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 2 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 2007 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 35 | 3 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 2008 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 2009 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 4 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 2010 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 4 |
| Total | Total | 132 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 155 | 14 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2010 | 14 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2011–12 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 51 | 11 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2012–13 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 7 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2013-14 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2014-15 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 2 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2015-16 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2016-17 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2017-18 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 213 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 246 | 26 |
| Career total | Career total | 345 | 32 | 30 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 401 | 40 |

## Honours

Spartak Moscow
* Russian Premier League: 2016-17
* Russian Super Cup: 2017
Individual
* List of 33 top players of the Russian league: #2 (2013/14).