Career
Club
= 2009-2010 He made his league debut for the club 16 days later, coming as a substitute on 31 August in a 3-1 victory over Zorya Luhansk. His first goal for Shakhtar came in the following round of the Ukrainian Cup in a 3-1 victory over Yednist" Plysky. He also set up the third goal of the match for Oleksandr Gladkiy.
He ended his first season in the Shakhtar first team with 37 appearances, of which 24 came in the league, and 2 goals.
He picked his first trophy at Shakhtar, with the team winning the league. = 2010-2011 Rakytskiy started the 2010-2011 with success in the Super Cup as Shakhtar comprehensively defeated Tavriya 7-1.
His first league goal came in a 3-1 victory over Kryvbas on 10 July 2010. He also scored Shakhtar"s only goal in a 6-1 aggregate lose to Barcelona in the Champions League quarter final, scoring in the 5-1 first leg defeat at Camp Nou.
He made a total of 34 appearances in the 2010-2011 season, scoring twice as Shakhtar retained the Premier League title.
= 2011-2012 On 29 October Yaroslav picked up a red card in a 3-2 victory over Oleksandria, after receiving two yellow cards. His first goal of the season came in a 2-0 victory over Dynamo Kyiv at the Donbass Arena on 7 April. He scored another goal a few weeks later in a 3-1 victory over Tavriya.
He finished the season with 2 goals in 37 appearances, 27 of which were in the league.
Oleksandr Kucher scored the winning goal, after a rebound from Rakytskiy"s shot. = 2012-2013 He played in Shakhtar"s 2-0 Super Cup victory over Metalurh Donetsk on 10 July, keeping a clean sheet.
On 26 August he assisted Henrikh Mkhitaryan for the third goal in a 3-0 victory over Karpaty Lviv and kept a clean sheet. and was named Manitoba of the Match. On 15 September he kept a clean sheet in a 3-0 victory against Zorya Luhansk.
International
Yaroslav made his debut for the national team on 10 October 2009, at the age of 20, in a 1-0 victory over England in a World Cup qualifier.
International goals
Scores and results list Ukraine"s goal tally first.