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 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 50 | 37 | 48.6% |
| Without them | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 30.4% |
| Abdoul Tapsoba | Burkina Faso | 2 |
| Aboubakary Koita | Mauritania | 2 |
| Adama Guira | Burkina Faso | 2 |
| Adel Langue | Mauritius | 2 |
| Allen Njie | Liberia | 2 |
| André Onana | Cameroon | 2 |
| Babacar Niasse | Mauritania | 2 |
| Ben David Benaiah | Liberia | 2 |
| Blati Touré | Burkina Faso | 2 |
| Bodda Mouhsine | Mauritania | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 13 Oct 2025 | v Eswatini | 3–0 | 54′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 8 Oct 2025 | v Libya | 3–3 | 82′ | — | Equaliser | 3–3 | 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 80′ | 40 | — | — | 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 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 31 May 2026 | v Serbia | 3–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 30 Mar 2026 | v Finland | 1–1 | started, off 71′ | 71 | — | — | FIFA Series 2026 |
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Chile | 2–4 | came on 63′ | 27 | — | — | 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, off 70′ | 70 | 1 | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 8 Oct 2025 | v Libya | 3–3 | came on 77′ | 13 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 9 Sep 2025 | v Cameroon | 1–0 | came on 52′ | 38 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 4 Sep 2025 | v Mauritius | 2–0 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | v Angola | 2–1 | came on 77′ | 13 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | v Mauritius | 1–0 | started, off 71′ | 71 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 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 76′ | 76 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 3 Feb 2024 | v South Africa | 0–0 | came on 65′ | 55 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Quarter-final |
| 29 Jan 2024 | v Mauritania | 1–0 | came on 90′ | 1 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 22 Jan 2024 | v Egypt | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 19 Jan 2024 | v Mozambique | 3–0 | came on 58′ | 32 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 14 Jan 2024 | v Ghana | 2–1 | came on 75′ | 15 | — | — | 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 72′ | 72 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 12 Oct 2023 | v Algeria | 1–5 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Sep 2023 | v Togo | 2–3 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 18 Jun 2023 | v Burkina Faso | 3–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 12 Jun 2023 | v Morocco | 0–0 | started, off 79′ | 79 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Eswatini | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 17 Jan 2022 | v Cameroon | 1–1 | started, off 67′ | 67 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2022 · Group stage |
| 13 Jan 2022 | v Burkina Faso | 0–1 | came on 69′ | 21 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2022 · Group stage |
| 9 Jan 2022 | v Ethiopia | 1–0 | came on 68′ | 22 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2022 · Group stage |
| 16 Nov 2021 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | came on 60′ | 30 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 13 Nov 2021 | v Central African Republic | 2–1 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 10 Oct 2021 | v Liberia | 1–0 | came on 83′ | 7 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 7 Oct 2021 | v Liberia | 2–1 | started, off 63′ | 63 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 8 Jun 2021 | v Senegal | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Oct 2020 | v Guinea | 1–2 | came on 73′ | 17 | — | — | Friendly |
| 7 Oct 2020 | v Andorra | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | 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.