Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
1 of 2 goals came in matches where every goal has a scorer, so their role is known.
Cape Verde's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 33.3% |
| Without them | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 40% |
| Abdelaziz Barrada | Morocco | 1 |
| Abderrahim Achakir | Morocco | 1 |
| Aderito Waldemar Dede | Angola | 1 |
| Albert Adomah | Ghana | 1 |
| Alex Afonso | Angola | 1 |
| Amaro | Angola | 1 |
| Anele Ngcongca | South Africa | 1 |
| Armando Aqueriaco Sipo Bohale | Equatorial Guinea | 1 |
| Asamoah Gyan | Ghana | 1 |
| Augusto Judson | Equatorial Guinea | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 13 Nov 2015 | v Kenya | 0–1 | came on 64′ | 26 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 |
| 8 Jun 2013 | v Equatorial Guinea | 3–0 | started, off 14′ | 14 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2013 |
| 24 Mar 2013 | v Equatorial Guinea | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2013 |
| 2 Feb 2013 | v Ghana | 0–2 | came on 51′ | 39 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2013 · Quarter-final |
| 27 Jan 2013 | v Angola | 2–1 | started, off 46′ | 46 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2013 · Group stage |
| 23 Jan 2013 | v Morocco | 1–1 | started, off 71′ | 71 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2013 · Group stage |
| 19 Jan 2013 | v South Africa | 0–0 | started, off 63′ | 63 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2013 · Group stage |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.