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Cape Verde CPV

FIFA #67 · 43 matches on record
Form (last 10) latest →
D D W W W L L L W D
4W · 3D · 3L
Squad avg
40
/ 100 · 26 players
Best XI
46
/ 100 · starting 11
Best player
Wagner Pina
Defender 59
Squad radar
Strengths by zone overall · 0–100
Offense
— players
Midfield
— players
Defense
— players
GK
— players
Pedro Leitao Brito
Head coach
Pedro Leitao Brito
56 yrs · contract —
Squad 26 players
Name Age Pos Club MV Caps Form Qual Exp Lev Play
Diney Borges 31 DEF Al Bataeh €779k 29 51 40 54 32 50 44
Kelvin Pires 26 DEF SJK €403k 4 42 17 22 32 58 29
Laros Duarte 29 MID Puskas Academy €979k 31 52 31 51 36 51 40
Steven Moreira 31 DEF Columbus Crew €1.4m 25 43 50 50 52 77 53
Benchimol 24 FWD Akron Togliatti €1.1m 22 42 27 32 52 48 36
Carlos Joaquim dos Santos 25 GK San Diego FC €117k 2 32 8 18 40 14 18
Wagner Pina 23 DEF Trabzonspor €10.3m 12 54 70 21 58 66 59
Sidny Lopes Cabral 23 DEF Benfica €4.3m 9 45 57 19 62 22 46
Marcio Rosa 29 GK Montana €382k 8 24 22 32 32 61 31
Stopira 38 DEF Torreense €52k 40 34 16 79 62 67 42
Willy Semedo 32 FWD Omonia €936k 38 27 35 63 36 54 41
Nuno Da Costa 35 FWD Basaksehir €374k 8 35 28 45 68 16 36
Logan Costa 25 DEF Villarreal €14.7m 28 25 78 39 85 10 56
Garry Rodrigues 35 FWD Apollon €272k 47 25 23 78 36 56 38
Dailon Livramento 25 FWD Casa Pia €749k 21 39 22 33 65 42 35
Vozinha 40 GK Chaves €40k 63 25 15 100 36 42 36
Deroy Duarte 26 MID Ludogorets €1.7m 39 27 36 51 32 70 41
Telmo Arcanjo 24 MID Vitoria Guimaraes €2.9m 15 45 42 26 62 30 41
Ryan Mendes 36 FWD Igdir FK €187k 73 48 21 91 63 47 45
Joao Paulo 28 MID FCSB €855k 39 54 27 55 36 61 41
Jamiro Monteiro 32 MID Zwolle €627k 48 40 29 72 62 23 41
Jovane Cabral 28 FWD Estrela €936k 26 50 29 44 64 37 40
Helio Varela 24 FWD Maccabi Tel Aviv €2.3m 18 50 38 29 58 65 45
Yannick Semedo 30 MID SC Farense €241k 10 24 13 36 36 50 26
Roberto Lopes 33 DEF Shamrock Rovers €241k 43 49 19 70 28 57 37
Kevin Lenini 29 MID Krasnodar €4.6m 30 42 55 50 52 74 55
Upcoming fixtures 7
Jun 27 WC Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia
Sep 23 ACN Mali vs Cape Verde
Sep 27 ACN Cape Verde vs Rwanda
Nov 11 ACN Cape Verde vs Liberia
Nov 15 ACN Liberia vs Cape Verde
Mar 24 ACN Cape Verde vs Mali
Mar 28 ACN Rwanda vs Cape Verde
Last 20 results
Jun 21 WC Uruguay 2–2 Cape Verde D
Jun 15 WC Spain 0–0 Cape Verde D
Jun 6 FI Cape Verde 3–0 Bermuda W
May 31 FI Cape Verde 3–0 Serbia W
Mar 30 FS Cape Verde 2–1 Finland W
Mar 27 FS Chile 4–2 Cape Verde L
Nov 17 FI Egypt 2–1 Cape Verde L
Nov 13 FI Iran 1–0 Cape Verde L
Oct 13 WC Cape Verde 3–0 Eswatini W
Oct 8 WC Libya 3–3 Cape Verde D
Sep 9 WC Cape Verde 1–0 Cameroon W
Sep 4 WC Mauritius 0–2 Cape Verde W
Jun 8 FI Georgia 1–1 Cape Verde D
Jun 3 FI Malaysia 0–3 Cape Verde W
May 29 FI Malaysia 1–1 Cape Verde D
Mar 25 WC Angola 1–2 Cape Verde W
Mar 20 WC Cape Verde 1–0 Mauritius W
Nov 19 ACN Mauritania 1–0 Cape Verde L
Nov 15 ACN Cape Verde 1–1 Egypt D
Oct 15 ACN Botswana 1–0 Cape Verde L