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 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 35 | 38.7% |
| Without them | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 50% |
| Bongwa Matsebula | Eswatini | 3 |
| Mohamed El Shenawy | Egypt | 3 |
| Mohamed Hamdy | Egypt | 3 |
| Mostafa Mohamed | Egypt | 3 |
| Sabelo Ndzinisa | Eswatini | 3 |
| Aboubakary Koita | Mauritania | 2 |
| Ahmed Abdalla Ramadan | Egypt | 2 |
| Ahmed Koka | Egypt | 2 |
| Alaixys Romao | Togo | 2 |
| Babacar Niasse | Mauritania | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 3 Jul 2026 | v Argentina | 2–3 | 59′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 |
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 | 1 | — | 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 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 2026 | v Spain | 0–0 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 30 Mar 2026 | v Finland | 1–1 | came on 71′ | 49 | — | — | FIFA Series 2026 |
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Chile | 2–4 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | Yellow | FIFA Series 2026 |
| 17 Nov 2025 | v Egypt | 1–1 | came on 73′ | 47 | — | — | Al Ain International Cup 2025 |
| 13 Nov 2025 | v Iran | 0–0 | started, off 85′ | 85 | — | — | Al Ain International Cup 2025 |
| 13 Oct 2025 | v Eswatini | 3–0 | came on 79′ | 11 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 8 Jun 2025 | v Georgia | 1–1 | started, off 59′ | 59 | — | — | Friendly |
| 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 |
| 15 Nov 2024 | v Egypt | 1–1 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | v Botswana | 0–1 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 10 Sep 2024 | v Mauritania | 2–0 | started, off 82′ | 82 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 6 Sep 2024 | v Egypt | 0–3 | started, off 64′ | 64 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 8 Jun 2024 | v Cameroon | 1–4 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 29 Jan 2024 | v Mauritania | 1–0 | started, off 71′ | 71 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 19 Jan 2024 | v Mozambique | 3–0 | started, off 80′ | 80 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 14 Jan 2024 | v Ghana | 2–1 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 21 Nov 2023 | v Eswatini | 2–0 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 16 Nov 2023 | v Angola | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 12 Oct 2023 | v Algeria | 1–5 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Sep 2023 | v Togo | 2–3 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Eswatini | 1–0 | started, off 47′ | 47 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 24 Mar 2023 | v Eswatini | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 23 Sep 2022 | v Bahrain | 2–1 | started, off 60′ | 60 | — | — | Friendly |
| 11 Jun 2022 | v Ecuador | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 7 Jun 2022 | v Togo | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2022 |
| 3 Jun 2022 | v Burkina Faso | 0–2 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2022 |
| 25 Mar 2022 | v Liechtenstein | 6–0 | 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.