Dmitri started playing football at the age of 4. In 1993, Dmitri and his twin brotherKirill joined the Spartak Moscow football academy. After a conflict with the school coaches, the brothers left Spartak and joined theDynamo Moscow academy.
Dmitri made his first appearance for the main squad of Dynamo on 13 July 2005 in a Russian Cup game againstDynamo Bryansk.
In August 2010, the Kombarov brothers leftDynamo Moscow for their city rivalsSpartak 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.
On 19 June 2019, he was released from his Spartak contract by mutual consent.[2]
His first appearance inRussia national football team was in February 2012, in the friendly match withDenmark.He was confirmed for the finalizedUEFA Euro 2012 squad on 25 May 2012.[4] He scored his first international goal in a friendly match againstArmenia on 5 March 2014.On 2 June 2014, he was included in the Russia's2014 FIFA World Cup squad.[5]
On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended2018 FIFA World Cup squad as a back-up.[6] He was not included in the finalized World Cup squad.[7]