Full name Yssouf Kone Years Team Current team Retired Height 1.88 m | Playing position Role Football striker Name Yssouf Kone | |
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Date of birth (1982-02-19) 19 February 1982 (age 33) | ||
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Yssouf Koné (born 19 February 1982 in Korhogo, Cote d'Ivoire) is a former naturalized Burkinabé football striker, who last played for the Norwegian club Vålerenga.
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Fan club yssouf kone abidjan
Career
He scored ten goals in the UEFA Champions League 2007/08 season including qualification matches.
In the 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons Koné played in 44 Norwegian Premier League matches for Rosenborg, scoring 16 goals.
He was transferred to CFR Cluj in the summer of 2008. Kone scored against Chelsea, in London, in the group-stage game of the UEFA Champions League 2008–2009, but the match eventually ended in a 2–1 loss for CFR Cluj.On 27 August 2009 Kone scored a goal in the ladder against FK Sarajevo in the Europa League qualifiers.The match ended 2–1 to CFR Cluj, who qualified in groups, it was the last goal for CFR in European Cups.Yssouf Kone scored a total of 20 goals in all competitions for the CFR. In 2011 playing for the Norwegian team Vålerenga Fotball. On 29 January 2013 his contract with Vålerenga was terminated by mutual consent.
International
Kone made the headlines by scoring two late goals to record a surprise away win for Burkina Faso against Tunisia in the World Cup 2010 qualifiers.
International goals
1. 1 June 2008 Tunisia-Burkina Faso score: 1–1 Result:1–2 World Cup 2010 qualifiers
2. 1 June 2008 Tunisia-Burkina Faso score: 1–2 Result:1–2 World Cup 2010 qualifiers
3. 21 June 2008 Burkina Faso-Seychelles score: 4–1 Result:4–1 World Cup 2010 qualifiers