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 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 43.8% |
| Without them | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 36 | 41.7% |
| Abdou Diallo | Senegal | 1 |
| Abdullah Yusuf | Bahrain | 1 |
| Abdulmunem Aleiyan | Libya | 1 |
| Abdulwahab Al-Malood | Bahrain | 1 |
| Aboubakary Koita | Mauritania | 1 |
| Adel Langue | Mauritius | 1 |
| Adem Avdic | Serbia | 1 |
| Adrien Botlar | Mauritius | 1 |
| Agustín Canobbio | Uruguay | 1 |
| Ahmed Alsuwee | Libya | 1 |
| Libya | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 8 Oct 2025 | v Libya | 3–3 | 29′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 21 Jun 2026 | v Uruguay | 2–2 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 2026 | v Spain | 0–0 | came on 79′ | 11 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 31 May 2026 | v Serbia | 3–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Chile | 2–4 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | FIFA Series 2026 |
| 17 Nov 2025 | v Egypt | 1–1 | started, off 59′ | 59 | — | — | Al Ain International Cup 2025 |
| 13 Nov 2025 | v Iran | 0–0 | came on 60′ | 60 | — | — | Al Ain International Cup 2025 |
| 13 Oct 2025 | v Eswatini | 3–0 | came on 70′ | 20 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 8 Oct 2025 | v Libya | 3–3 | started, off 77′ | 77 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 9 Sep 2025 | v Cameroon | 1–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | v Angola | 2–1 | came on 22′ | 68 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | v Mauritius | 1–0 | started, off 77′ | 77 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 19 Nov 2024 | v Mauritania | 0–1 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | v Botswana | 0–1 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Eswatini | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 23 Sep 2022 | v Bahrain | 2–1 | started, off 46′ | 46 | — | — | Friendly |
| 8 Jun 2021 | v Senegal | 0–2 | came on 64′ | 26 | — | — | 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.