Yssouf Koné
| Yssouf Koné | ||
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | 19th February 1982 | |
| place of birth | Korhogo , Savanes , Ivory Coast | |
| size | 184 cm | |
| position | striker | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2002-2003 | Raja Casablanca | ? |
| 2004 | → Qingdao Zhongneng (loan) | 16 (1) |
| 2004-2005 | Olympique Safi | ? |
| 2005 | US Lecce | ? |
| 2006-2008 | Rosenborg Trondheim | 42 (15) |
| 2008-2010 | CFR Cluj | 51 (16) |
| 2011–2012 | Vålerenga Oslo | 11 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 2006-2010 | Burkina Faso | 18 (3) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Yssouf Koné (born February 19, 1982 in Korhogo , Savanes , Ivory Coast ) is a former football player from Burkina Faso . He played a total of 122 games in the Chinese Super League , the Norwegian Tippeligaen and the Romanian League 1 . In 2006 he won the Norwegian championship with Rosenborg Trondheim and the Romanian championship in 2010 with CFR Cluj .
Career
Koné came to Europe in 2005, having previously played for Raja Casablanca , Qingdao Zhongneng and Olympique Safi . His first stop was US Lecce in the Italian Serie A . Already during the winter break of the 2005/06 season he left the club and joined the Norwegian top club Rosenborg Trondheim . Here, too, he was only used irregularly, but was able to win the championship in 2006 . He only became a regular player in qualifying for the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League . In four games he scored six goals and qualified for the group stage. There he scored four goals in the games against FC Schalke 04 , FC Valencia and FC Chelsea .
In the summer of 2008, the striker left the Norwegian record champions and switched to the reigning Romanian champions CFR Cluj . With the Cluj, he met in the group stage of the 2008/09 Champions League on Chelsea, AS Roma and Girondins Bordeaux . With the cup victory in 2009 he won his first title and scored ten goals in the championship , which was not enough to defend his title.
In the first half of the 2009/10 season Koné missed a few games due to injury, but was able to defend his regular place. At the end of the season was the championship and a new cup win the Double . In the following season he was automatically qualified for the Champions League with his club , but retired in the group stage as bottom of the table behind Bayern Munich , AS Roma and FC Basel .
At the beginning of 2011, Koné returned to Norway and signed with Vålerenga Oslo . Since the beginning of 2013 he was initially without a club before ending his career.
National team
Although he was born in Korhogo , a city in Ivory Coast , he runs internationally for Burkina Faso . So far he has made 18 appearances. His last international match to date was on January 19, 2010 as part of the Africa Cup 2010 against Ghana .
successes
- Participants in the Africa Cup: 2010
- Romanian champion: 2010
- Romanian Cup Winner: 2009 , 2010
- Norwegian champion: 2006
Web links
- Yssouf Koné in the database of weltfussball.de
- Yssouf Koné in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Yssouf Koné in the Romanian Soccer database (Romanian)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Koné, Yssouf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Burkinabe soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th February 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Korhogo , Savanes (Ivory Coast) |