Career
He is considered by many fans to be the greatest players to ever play for Shakhtar Donetsk. In 1979 he was awarded Player of the year award. In 1979 Starukhin played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. In 2011 Vitaly Starukhin, together with Oleg Blohin and Igor Belanov was named as "the legends of Ukrainian football" at the Victory of Football awards.