Tallest: 4 · 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 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 38.1% |
| Without them | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0% |
| Abdulmunem Aleiyan | Libya | 2 |
| Aboubakary Koita | Mauritania | 2 |
| Adel Langue | Mauritius | 2 |
| Ahmed Abdalla Ramadan | Egypt | 2 |
| Ahmed Koka | Egypt | 2 |
| Ahmed Saleh | Libya | 2 |
| Alford Velaphi | Botswana | 2 |
| André Onana | Cameroon | 2 |
| Babacar Niasse | Mauritania | 2 |
| Beyatt Lekweiry | Mauritania | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Chile | 2–4 | 21′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA Series 2026 |
| 13 Oct 2025 | v Eswatini | 3–0 | 48′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 9 Sep 2025 | v Cameroon | 1–0 | 54′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | v Angola | 2–1 | 63′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | v Angola | 2–1 | 45′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 3 Jul 2026 | v Argentina | 2–3 | came on 67′ | 53 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 |
| 26 Jun 2026 | v Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 2026 | v Spain | 0–0 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 31 May 2026 | v Serbia | 3–0 | came on 76′ | 14 | — | — | Friendly |
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Chile | 2–4 | started, off 63′ | 63 | 1 | — | FIFA Series 2026 |
| 13 Nov 2025 | v Iran | 0–0 | started, off 60′ | 60 | — | — | Al Ain International Cup 2025 |
| 13 Oct 2025 | v Eswatini | 3–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 8 Oct 2025 | v Libya | 3–3 | started, off 88′ | 88 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 9 Sep 2025 | v Cameroon | 1–0 | started, off 77′ | 77 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 4 Sep 2025 | v Mauritius | 2–0 | started, off 87′ | 87 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 8 Jun 2025 | v Georgia | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 25 Mar 2025 | v Angola | 2–1 | came on 22′ | 68 | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | v Mauritius | 1–0 | came on 77′ | 13 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 19 Nov 2024 | v Mauritania | 0–1 | started, off 70′ | 70 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Nov 2024 | v Egypt | 1–1 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | 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 | came on 60′ | 30 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 10 Sep 2024 | v Mauritania | 2–0 | came on 82′ | 8 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 6 Sep 2024 | v Egypt | 0–3 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v Libya | 1–0 | came on 76′ | 14 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 8 Jun 2024 | v Cameroon | 1–4 | came on 62′ | 28 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
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.