Tallest: 2 · 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 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 22 | 45.8% |
| Without them | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 33.3% |
| Bongwa Matsebula | Eswatini | 3 |
| Sabelo Ndzinisa | Eswatini | 3 |
| Abdoul Tapsoba | Burkina Faso | 2 |
| Aboubakary Koita | Mauritania | 2 |
| Alaixys Romao | Togo | 2 |
| Alford Velaphi | Botswana | 2 |
| Babacar Niasse | Mauritania | 2 |
| Blati Touré | Burkina Faso | 2 |
| Bodda Mouhsine | Mauritania | 2 |
| Cedric Badolo | Burkina Faso | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 19 Jan 2024 | v Mozambique | 3–0 | 32′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 12 Oct 2023 | v Algeria | 1–5 | 55′ | — | Pulled one back | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 18 Jun 2023 | v Burkina Faso | 3–1 | 7′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 25 Mar 2022 | v Liechtenstein | 6–0 | 83′ | — | Extended lead | 6–0 | Friendly |
| 25 Mar 2022 | v Liechtenstein | 6–0 | 73′ | — | Extended lead | 5–0 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 19 Nov 2024 | v Mauritania | 0–1 | came on 82′ | 8 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Nov 2024 | v Egypt | 1–1 | came on 83′ | 7 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | v Botswana | 0–1 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 10 Oct 2024 | v Botswana | 0–1 | came on 73′ | 17 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v Libya | 1–0 | started, off 65′ | 65 | — | — | 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 | came on 73′ | 47 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Quarter-final |
| 29 Jan 2024 | v Mauritania | 1–0 | started, off 71′ | 71 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 19 Jan 2024 | v Mozambique | 3–0 | started, off 58′ | 58 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 14 Jan 2024 | v Ghana | 2–1 | started, off 75′ | 75 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 21 Nov 2023 | v Eswatini | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 16 Nov 2023 | v Angola | 0–0 | started, off 80′ | 80 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 12 Oct 2023 | v Algeria | 1–5 | came on 45′ | 45 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 10 Sep 2023 | v Togo | 2–3 | started, off 78′ | 78 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 18 Jun 2023 | v Burkina Faso | 3–1 | started, off 81′ | 81 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 12 Jun 2023 | v Morocco | 0–0 | came on 57′ | 33 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Eswatini | 1–0 | came on 63′ | 27 | — | — | 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 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 11 Jun 2022 | v Ecuador | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 7 Jun 2022 | v Togo | 2–0 | started, off 63′ | 63 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2022 |
| 3 Jun 2022 | v Burkina Faso | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2022 |
| 28 Mar 2022 | v San Marino | 2–0 | started, off 74′ | 74 | — | — | Friendly |
| 25 Mar 2022 | v Liechtenstein | 6–0 | came on 68′ | 22 | 2 | — | 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.