Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 3 · Minute
Cape Verde's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 45 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 47 | 51 | 35.6% |
| Without them | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 45 | 27 | 47.1% |
| Hervé Koffi | Burkina Faso | 4 |
| Issoufou Dayo | Burkina Faso | 4 |
| André Onana | Cameroon | 3 |
| Blati Touré | Burkina Faso | 3 |
| Frank Anguissa | Cameroon | 3 |
| Hassane Bandé | Burkina Faso | 3 |
| Idrissa Gueye | Senegal | 3 |
| Kalidou Koulibaly | Senegal | 3 |
| Michael Ngadeu | Cameroon | 3 |
| Moumi Ngamaleu | Cameroon | 3 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1 |
| Libya | 1 | 1 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 17 Nov 2025 | v Egypt | 1–1 | 7′ | pen | Opening goal | 1–0 | Al Ain International Cup 2025 |
| 14 Jan 2024 | v Ghana | 2–1 | 90′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 17 Jan 2022 | v Cameroon | 1–1 | 53′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | African Cup of Nations 2022 · Group stage |
| 7 Oct 2021 | v Liberia | 2–1 | 90′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 18 Nov 2019 | v Mozambique | 2–2 | 6′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2019 |
| 5 Sep 2017 | v South Africa | 2–1 | 66′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2017 |
| 5 Sep 2017 | v South Africa | 2–1 | 51′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2017 |
| 6 Sep 2015 | v Libya | 2–1 | 89′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2015 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 26 Jun 2026 | v Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | came on 71′ | 19 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 21 Jun 2026 | v Uruguay | 2–2 | started, off 58′ | 58 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 30 Mar 2026 | v Finland | 1–1 | started, off 60′ | 60 | — | — | FIFA Series 2026 |
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Chile | 2–4 | came on 78′ | 12 | — | — | FIFA Series 2026 |
| 17 Nov 2025 | v Egypt | 1–1 | started, off 46′ | 46 | 1 | — | Al Ain International Cup 2025 |
| 13 Nov 2025 | v Iran | 0–0 | came on 60′ | 60 | — | — | Al Ain International Cup 2025 |
| 13 Oct 2025 | v Eswatini | 3–0 | came on 80′ | 10 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 8 Jun 2025 | v Georgia | 1–1 | started, off 59′ | 59 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 20 Mar 2025 | v Mauritius | 1–0 | started, off 77′ | 77 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 8 Jun 2024 | v Cameroon | 1–4 | came on 62′ | 28 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 3 Feb 2024 | v South Africa | 0–0 | started, off 73′ | 73 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Quarter-final |
| 29 Jan 2024 | v Mauritania | 1–0 | came on 71′ | 19 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 22 Jan 2024 | v Egypt | 2–2 | started, off 64′ | 64 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 19 Jan 2024 | v Mozambique | 3–0 | came on 75′ | 15 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 14 Jan 2024 | v Ghana | 2–1 | came on 68′ | 22 | 1 | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 21 Nov 2023 | v Eswatini | 2–0 | started, off 77′ | 77 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 16 Nov 2023 | v Angola | 0–0 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 12 Oct 2023 | v Algeria | 1–5 | started, off 75′ | 75 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Eswatini | 1–0 | started, off 63′ | 63 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 7 Jun 2022 | v Togo | 2–0 | came on 63′ | 27 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2022 |
| 3 Jun 2022 | v Burkina Faso | 0–2 | started, off 65′ | 65 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2022 |
| 25 Jan 2022 | v Senegal | 0–2 | started, off 59′ | 59 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2022 · Round of 16 |
| 17 Jan 2022 | v Cameroon | 1–1 | came on 45′ | 45 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2022 · Group stage |
| 13 Jan 2022 | v Burkina Faso | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2022 · Group stage |
| 9 Jan 2022 | v Ethiopia | 1–0 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2022 · Group stage |
| 10 Oct 2021 | v Liberia | 1–0 | came on 60′ | 30 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 7 Oct 2021 | v Liberia | 2–1 | came on 63′ | 27 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 7 Sep 2021 | v Nigeria | 1–2 | started, off 59′ | 59 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 1 Sep 2021 | v Central African Republic | 1–1 | came on 67′ | 23 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 10 Oct 2020 | v Guinea | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 7 Oct 2020 | v Andorra | 2–1 | came on 57′ | 33 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 18 Nov 2019 | v Mozambique | 2–2 | started, off 81′ | 81 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2019 |
| 13 Nov 2019 | v Cameroon | 0–0 | started, off 70′ | 70 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2019 |
| 17 Nov 2018 | v Uganda | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2018 |
| 16 Oct 2018 | v Tanzania | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations qualification 2018 |
| 12 Oct 2018 | v Tanzania | 3–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2018 |
| 14 Nov 2017 | v Burkina Faso | 0–4 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2017 |
| 7 Oct 2017 | v Senegal | 0–2 | started, off 78′ | 78 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2017 |
| 5 Sep 2017 | v South Africa | 2–1 | started, off 90′ | 90 | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2017 |
| 28 Mar 2017 | v Luxembourg | 2–0 | started, off 80′ | 80 | — | — | Friendly |
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.