Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
Cape Verde's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 33 | 41.9% |
| Without them | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 36.4% |
| Mohamed El Shenawy | Egypt | 4 |
| Mohamed Hamdy | Egypt | 4 |
| Mostafa Mohamed | Egypt | 4 |
| Aboubakary Koita | Mauritania | 3 |
| Babacar Niasse | Mauritania | 3 |
| Bodda Mouhsine | Mauritania | 3 |
| El Hassen Houeibib | Mauritania | 3 |
| Hamdy Fathy | Egypt | 3 |
| Khadim Diaw | Mauritania | 3 |
| Lamine Ba | Mauritania | 3 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1 |
| Togo | 1 | 1 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 21 Jun 2026 | v Uruguay | 2–2 | 21′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 31 May 2026 | v Serbia | 3–0 | 11′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 19 Jan 2024 | v Mozambique | 3–0 | 69′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 10 Sep 2023 | v Togo | 2–3 | 4′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
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 100′ | 100 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 |
| 26 Jun 2026 | v Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 21 Jun 2026 | v Uruguay | 2–2 | started, off 71′ | 71 | 1 | — | 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 76′ | 76 | 1 | Yellow | Friendly |
| 30 Mar 2026 | v Finland | 1–1 | came on 45′ | 75 | — | — | FIFA Series 2026 |
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Chile | 2–4 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA Series 2026 |
| 17 Nov 2025 | v Egypt | 1–1 | started | 120 | — | Yellow | Al Ain International Cup 2025 |
| 13 Nov 2025 | v Iran | 0–0 | started | 120 | — | — | Al Ain International Cup 2025 |
| 13 Oct 2025 | v Eswatini | 3–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 8 Oct 2025 | v Libya | 3–3 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 9 Sep 2025 | v Cameroon | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 4 Sep 2025 | v Mauritius | 2–0 | started, off 78′ | 78 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | v Angola | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 19 Nov 2024 | v Mauritania | 0–1 | started | 60 | — | Yellow, Second yellow | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Nov 2024 | v Egypt | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | v Botswana | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 10 Oct 2024 | v Botswana | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 10 Sep 2024 | v Mauritania | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 6 Sep 2024 | v Egypt | 0–3 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v Libya | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 8 Jun 2024 | v Cameroon | 1–4 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 3 Feb 2024 | v South Africa | 0–0 | started, off 65′ | 65 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Quarter-final |
| 29 Jan 2024 | v Mauritania | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 22 Jan 2024 | v Egypt | 2–2 | started, off 75′ | 75 | — | Yellow | 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 | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 10 Sep 2023 | v Togo | 2–3 | started | 90 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 18 Jun 2023 | v Burkina Faso | 3–1 | came on 59′ | 31 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Eswatini | 1–0 | started, off 47′ | 47 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 28 Mar 2022 | v San Marino | 2–0 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | 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.