Playing for Rosenborg, Koné scored ten goals in the UEFA Champions League 2007–08 season including qualification matches.

In the 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons he played in 44 Norwegian Premier League matches for Rosenborg, scoring 16 goals.

He scored against Chelsea 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, he scored a goal in the ladder against FK Sarajevo in the Europa League qualifiers.

[3] Koné made the headlines by scoring two late goals to record a surprise away win for the Burkina Faso national team against Tunisia national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.