Dmitri Kombarov

Dmitri Kombarov
Kombarov with Spartak Moscow
Personal information
Full name Dmitri Vladimirovich Kombarov
Date of birth (1987-01-22) 22 January 1987
Place of birth Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
 Spartak Moscow
Number 23
Youth career
1993–2001 Spartak Moscow
2001–2006 Dynamo Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Dynamo Moscow 132 (12)
2010– Spartak Moscow 219 (20)
National team‡
2007–2008 Russia U-21 13 (1)
2011 Russia-2 2 (0)
2012– Russia 47 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 March 2018

Dmitri Vladimirovich Kombarov (Russian: Дми́трий Влади́мирович Комба́ров, IPA: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ kɐmˈbarəf]; born 22 January 1987) is a Russian footballer who plays as a left midfielder or a left back for Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League. He is an identical twin brother of Kirill Kombarov. Known for his technical skills and pace, he currently plays as an attack minded left back.

Career

Dynamo Moscow

Dmitri started playing football at the age of 4. In 1993, Dmitri and his 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.[1] 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.

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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] He was not included in the finalized World Cup squad.[5]

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 March 2014Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia Armenia2–02–0Friendly
2.8 September 2014Arena Khimki, Khimki, Russia Liechtenstein3–04–0UEFA Euro 2016 Qualification

Career statistics

Against team Belgium in 2017
As of 10 December 2017
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dynamo Moscow 2005 1010—20
2006 27161—332
2007 29261—353
2008 30120—321
2009 2943040364
2010 16410—174
Total132121924015514
Spartak Moscow 2010 141—60201
2011–12 40641735111
2012–13 2970081287
2013-14 2822110313
2014-15 25200—252
2015-16 25210—262
2016-17 2701020300
2017-18 2503060350
Total2132011230424626
Career total3453230434440140

Honours

Spartak Moscow

Individual

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

References

  1. ↑ "Kombarov twins swap Dinamo for Spartak". UEFA. 16 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "Advocaat announced the finalized Euro Squad" (in Russian). 25 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Состав национальной сборной России на ЧМ-2014 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 3 June 2018.
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