Tallest: 5 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 5 · Minute
Cape Verde's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 70 | 26 | 27 | 17 | 80 | 74 | 37.1% |
| Without them | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 14 | 47.4% |
| Blati Touré | Burkina Faso | 4 |
| Issoufou Dayo | Burkina Faso | 4 |
| Mohamed El Shenawy | Egypt | 4 |
| Mohamed Hamdy | Egypt | 4 |
| Mostafa Mohamed | Egypt | 4 |
| Moumi Ngamaleu | Cameroon | 4 |
| Vincent Aboubakar | Cameroon | 4 |
| Abdoul Tapsoba | Burkina Faso | 3 |
| André Onana | Cameroon | 3 |
| Bongwa Matsebula | Eswatini | 3 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 2 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1 |
| Eswatini | 2 | 2 |
| Mozambique | 2 | 2 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 3 Jul 2026 | v Argentina | 2–3 | started, off 80′ | 80 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 |
| 26 Jun 2026 | v Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | started, off 71′ | 71 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 21 Jun 2026 | v Uruguay | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 2026 | v Spain | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 31 May 2026 | v Serbia | 3–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 30 Mar 2026 | v Finland | 1–1 | came on 71′ | 49 | — | — | FIFA Series 2026 |
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Chile | 2–4 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | FIFA Series 2026 |
| 17 Nov 2025 | v Egypt | 1–1 | came on 59′ | 61 | — | — | Al Ain International Cup 2025 |
| 13 Nov 2025 | v Iran | 0–0 | started, off 60′ | 60 | — | — | Al Ain International Cup 2025 |
| 13 Oct 2025 | v Eswatini | 3–0 | started, off 80′ | 80 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 8 Oct 2025 | v Libya | 3–3 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 9 Sep 2025 | v Cameroon | 1–0 | started, off 66′ | 66 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 8 Jun 2025 | v Georgia | 1–1 | started, off 87′ | 87 | 1 | Yellow | Friendly |
| 25 Mar 2025 | v Angola | 2–1 | started, off 77′ | 77 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | v Mauritius | 1–0 | came on 71′ | 19 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 15 Nov 2024 | v Egypt | 1–1 | started, off 83′ | 83 | 1 | Yellow | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | v Botswana | 0–1 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 10 Oct 2024 | v Botswana | 0–1 | started, off 73′ | 73 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 10 Sep 2024 | v Mauritania | 2–0 | started, off 82′ | 82 | 2 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 6 Sep 2024 | v Egypt | 0–3 | started, off 72′ | 72 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v Libya | 1–0 | started, off 82′ | 82 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 8 Jun 2024 | v Cameroon | 1–4 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 3 Feb 2024 | v South Africa | 0–0 | started, off 65′ | 65 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Quarter-final |
| 29 Jan 2024 | v Mauritania | 1–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | 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 | started | 90 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 14 Jan 2024 | v Ghana | 2–1 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 21 Nov 2023 | v Eswatini | 2–0 | started, off 61′ | 61 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 16 Nov 2023 | v Angola | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 12 Oct 2023 | v Algeria | 1–5 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Sep 2023 | v Togo | 2–3 | started, off 79′ | 79 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 18 Jun 2023 | v Burkina Faso | 3–1 | started, off 89′ | 89 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 12 Jun 2023 | v Morocco | 0–0 | started, off 73′ | 73 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Eswatini | 1–0 | started, off 67′ | 67 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 24 Mar 2023 | v Eswatini | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 23 Sep 2022 | v Bahrain | 2–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 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 78′ | 78 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2022 |
| 25 Jan 2022 | v Senegal | 0–2 | started, off 75′ | 75 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2022 · Round of 16 |
| 13 Jan 2022 | v Burkina Faso | 0–1 | came on 73′ | 17 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2022 · 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.