Yaroslav Rakytskiy

Jaroslaw Rakyzkyj (Ukrainian Ярослав Володимирович Ракицький; born August 3, 1989 in Perschotrawensk in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ) is a Ukrainian football player.

Sports career

Rakyzkyj played from 2003 in the junior team of Shakhtar Donetsk. Since 2009 he has been a regular player for the first team of Shakhtar. In October 2009, the 180 -centimeter defender was first appointed to the Ukrainian national team and played in a World Cup qualifier against England. Oleh Blokhin coach called him in the squad for the European Football Championship in 2012. During the last group match against England Rakyzkyj was used.