Dmitri Yevgenyevich Torbinski (; born 28 April 1984) is a Russian former professional

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who played as a

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. He was a

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and winger known for his pace and accurate crosses.

Club career

Torbinski began his career as a

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player, but has then moved into football and joined the Spartak's youth academy at a young age. He toiled for several years in the

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before making his first team debut in 2002. He continued his career as a part-time player in the squad in 2003, but was limited by a serious injury in 2004, making only one appearance. Dmitri Torbinski

In 2005, Dmitri was decided to play for Spartak Chelyabinsk in order to get regular playing time and has then returned to Spartak Moscow. Torbinski left the club on a free transfer at the end of 2007 season going to

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. In July 2014, Torbinski joined

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. On 14 December 2017, Torbinski signed a contract with the Cypriot club

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. After just three games for the club, he returned to Russia, signing with

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in February 2018. On 30 August 2018, he returned to the top-tier

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, signing a one-year contract with

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. Since 02/25/2020, Torbinski is a Miami United F.C (USA, Florida) under 21 coach.

International career

Torbinski made his debut in the Russian national team on 24 March 2007 in a game against

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and was called up to play for Russia in

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. Torbinski came on as a substitute in the

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in a match against the

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and scored a goal in extra-time to put Russia 2–1 ahead. Russia eventually won 3–1 advancing to the semi-finals. He has not been called up for the national team from 2012 to 2014, returning to the squad on 27 March 2015 in an

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qualifier against

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. The game was abandoned with the score of 0–0 due to undisciplined behavior of the Montenegrin fans. He was included in the

squad, but did not play in any game at the tournament.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.''

Honors

International

Russia *

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bronze medalist:

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Career statistics

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Torbinski, Dmitri 1984 births Living people People from Norilsk Russian men's footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Spartak Moscow players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Rubin Kazan players FC Rostov players FC Krasnodar players Pafos FC players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus UEFA Euro 2008 players UEFA Euro 2016 players Russian Premier League players Cypriot First Division players Russian football managers Russian expatriate football managers FC Spartak Nizhny Novgorod players Footballers from Krasnoyarsk Krai 21st-century Russian sportsmen