 Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Akazvarwa muSwitzerland kuvabereki vanobva kuYugoslavia, Rakitić akatamba kuSwitzerland padanho revechidiki, asi akafunga kumiririra Croatia padanho repamusoro. Akaita kutanga kwake kuCroatia muna 2007 uye kubvira ipapo akamiririra nyika kuUEFA Euro 2008, 2012 uye 2016, uye 2014 uye 2018 FIFA World Cup, kusvika kumagumoyokupedzisira. Akasiya basa rake repasi rose munaGunyana 2020, mushure mekuita mitambo 106. Panguva yekurega kwake basa, aive wechina mutambi ane mukurumbira munhoroondo yeCroatia. 