Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Cape Verde's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 50% |
| Without them | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 45.5% |
| Abdou Diallo | Senegal | 1 |
| Abdullahi Shehu | Nigeria | 1 |
| Abu Kamara | Liberia | 1 |
| Abubeker Nasser | Ethiopia | 1 |
| Adewale Olufadé | Togo | 1 |
| Ahmed Musa | Nigeria | 1 |
| Allen Njie | Liberia | 1 |
| Alvin McConnel | Liberia | 1 |
| Amanuel Gebremichael | Ethiopia | 1 |
| Amanuel Yohannes | Ethiopia | 1 |
| Togo | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
Nothing here.
| 10 Oct 2019 | v Togo | 2–1 | 65′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 9 Jan 2022 | v Ethiopia | 1–0 | came on 86′ | 4 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2022 · Group stage |
| 10 Oct 2021 | v Liberia | 1–0 | started, off 60′ | 60 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 7 Sep 2021 | v Nigeria | 1–2 | came on 59′ | 31 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 1 Sep 2021 | v Central African Republic | 1–1 | came on 88′ | 2 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 8 Jun 2021 | v Senegal | 0–2 | started, off 57′ | 57 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Oct 2019 | v Togo | 2–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | 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.