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 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 40% |
| Without them | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 33.3% |
| Mohamed El Shenawy | Egypt | 3 |
| Mohamed Hamdy | Egypt | 3 |
| Mostafa Mohamed | Egypt | 3 |
| Aboubakary Koita | Mauritania | 2 |
| Adel Langue | Mauritius | 2 |
| Ahmed Abdalla Ramadan | Egypt | 2 |
| Ahmed Koka | Egypt | 2 |
| Alford Velaphi | Botswana | 2 |
| André Onana | Cameroon | 2 |
| Babacar Niasse | Mauritania | 2 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 21 Jun 2026 | v Uruguay | 2–2 | 61′ | — | Equaliser | 2–2 | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
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 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 21 Jun 2026 | v Uruguay | 2–2 | came on 58′ | 32 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 31 May 2026 | v Serbia | 3–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 17 Nov 2025 | v Egypt | 1–1 | started, off 59′ | 59 | — | — | Al Ain International Cup 2025 |
| 9 Sep 2025 | v Cameroon | 1–0 | came on 66′ | 24 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 4 Sep 2025 | v Mauritius | 2–0 | came on 69′ | 21 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | v Angola | 2–1 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | v Mauritius | 1–0 | came on 83′ | 7 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 19 Nov 2024 | v Mauritania | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Nov 2024 | v Egypt | 1–1 | came on 72′ | 18 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | v Botswana | 0–1 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | 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, off 90′ | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 6 Sep 2024 | v Egypt | 0–3 | came on 64′ | 26 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v Libya | 1–0 | came on 65′ | 25 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 8 Jun 2024 | v Cameroon | 1–4 | came on 62′ | 28 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 21 Nov 2023 | v Eswatini | 2–0 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 16 Nov 2023 | v Angola | 0–0 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 12 Oct 2023 | v Algeria | 1–5 | came on 66′ | 24 | — | — | 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.