Cape Verde national football team

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Cape Verde
Nickname(s)	Tubarões Azuis (Blue Sharks) Crioulos (Creoles)
Association	Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Lúcio Antunes
Captain	Marco Soares
Top scorer	Carlos Morais (10)
Home Stadium	Estádio da Várzea
FIFA code	CPV
FIFA ranking	36
Highest FIFA ranking	36 (August 2013)
Lowest FIFA ranking	182 (April 2000)
Elo ranking	104
Highest Elo ranking	82 (10 September 2013)
Lowest Elo ranking	146 (August 1998)
First international	Cape Verde 0–1 Angola
Biggest win	Cape Verde 5–0 Equatorial Guinea
Biggest defeat	Senegal 5–1 Cape Verde
Africa Cup of Nations appearances	1 (First in 2013)
Best result	Quarter-finals

The Cape Verde national team is governed by the Cape Verdian Football Federation (FCF). They have never competed in a FIFA World Cup. However, they made their first appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013, reaching the quarter-finals.

Squad

Current squad

The following players were called for the World Cup Qualification match against Tunisia.

Caps and goals updated as 11 September 2013 after the match against Tunisia.

#	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Vozinha	3 June 1986 (age 27)	10	0	Progresso
12	1GK	Fock	25 July 1982 (age 31)	11	0	Batuque
2	2DF	Stopira	20 May 1988 (age 25)	11	0	Videoton
3	2DF	Fernando Varela	26 November 1987 (age 25)	25	3	Steaua București
4	2DF	Kay	5 January 1988 (1988-01-05)	2	0	Belenenses
14	2DF	Gégé	24 February 1988 (1988-02-24)	14	0	Marítimo B
18	2DF	Nivaldo Tax	10 July 1988 (1988-07-10)	12	0	Teplice
23	2DF	Carlitos	23 April 1985 (1985-04-23)	13	0	AEL Limassol
5	3MF	Babanco	27 July 1985 (1985-07-27)	32	3	Estoril
6	3MF	Marco Soares	6 June 1984 (1984-06-06)	30	2	Omonia
8	3MF	Toni Varela	13 June 1986 (1986-06-13)	21	1	Sparta Rotterdam
	3MF	Calú	20 September 1983 (1983-09-20)	3	0	Progresso
	3MF	Sita	21 April 1986 (1986-04-21)	5	0	Libolo
7	4FW	Platini	16 April 1986 (1986-04-16)	8	2	Omonia
9	4FW	Brito	16 November 1987 (1987-11-16)	2	0	Gil Vicente
10	4FW	Héldon Nhuck	14 December 1988 (1988-12-14)	23	8	Marítimo
11	4FW	Júlio Tavares	19 November 1988 (1988-11-19)	8	0	Dijon
20	4FW	Ryan Mendes	8 January 1990 (1990-01-08)	15	4	Lille
21	4FW	Djaniny	21 March 1991 (1991-03-21)	13	5	Olhanense
	4FW	Garry Rodrigues	27 November 1990 (1990-11-27)	1	0	Levski Sofia

Recent call-ups

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Rilly 25 January 1992 (1992-01-25) 0 0 Mindelense 2013 Africa Cup of Nations GK Nélson Cruz 21 August 1987 (1987-08-21) 1 0 Quarteirense premilinary v. Tunisia, June 9, 2012 DF Admar 27 March 1987 (1987-03-27) 0 0 Sporting da Praia preliminary v. Sierra Leone, 15 June 2013 DF Guy Ramos 16 August 1985 (1985-08-16) 13 0 Roda JC preliminary v. Equatorial Guinea, March 24, 2013 DF Josimar 2 August 1989 (1989-08-02) 3 0 Dordrecht preliminary v. Equatorial Guinea, March 24, 2013 DF Nilson 5 August 1987 (1987-08-05) 2 0 Boavista preliminary v. Burkina Faso, February 9, 2011 DF Nhambu 22 November 1977 (1977-11-22) 6 0 Mindelense preliminary v. Liberia, June 5, 2011 MF Alex 4 December 1986 (1986-12-04) 1 0 Inter Luanda preliminary v. Sierra Leone, 15 June 2013 MF Bada 20 March 1994 (1994-03-20) 0 0 Ultramarina preliminary v. Sierra Leone, 15 June 2013 MF Sténio 6 May 1988 (1988-05-06) 3 0 Feirense preliminary v. Equatorial Guinea, March 24, 2013 MF Ericson Tibs 25 November 1987 (1987-11-25) 1 0 Tondela preliminary v. Equatorial Guinea, March 24, 2013 MF Valdo 23 April 1981 (1981-04-23) 2 1 Atlante preliminary v. Zimbabwe, October 8, 2011 MF Fábio Silva 3 April 1985 (1985-04-03) 1 0 Kazincbarcikai preliminary v. Liberia, March 26, 2011 MF Valter Borges 9 November 1988 (1988-11-09) 6 1 Alcalá preliminary v. Burkina Faso, February 9, 2011 MF Dário Furtado 14 January 1979 (1979-01-14) 15 2 Sporting da Praia preliminary v. Burkina Faso, February 9, 2011 MF Jerson Ribeiro 9 March 1988 (1988-03-09) 1 0 Etar 1924 preliminary v. Burkina Faso, February 9, 2011 MF Joazimar Sequeira 26 January 1991 (1991-01-26) 1 0 Oeiras preliminary v. Burkina Faso, February 9, 2011 FW Zé Luís 24 January 1991 (1991-01-24) 7 1 Videoton premilinary v. Madagascar, June 16, 2012 FW Odair Fortes 31 March 1987 (1987-03-31) 9 2 Reims premilinary v. Tunisia, June 9, 2012 FW Lito 3 February 1975 (1975-02-03) 41 5 Atlético CP premilinary v. Tunisia, June 9, 2012 FW Dady 13 August 1981 (1981-08-13) 22 4 Shanghai Shenhua premilinary v. Madagascar, February 29, 2012 Honours External links International football FIFA · World Cup · Confederations Cup · U-20 World Cup · U-17 World Cup · Minor tournaments · World Rankings · Player of the Year · Teams · Competitions · Federations · Codes Confederation Competitions AFC Asian Cup CAF Africa Cup of Nations CONCACAF Gold Cup CONMEBOL Copa América OFC Nations Cup UEFA European Championship Non-FIFA N.F.-Board · Viva World Cup Confederation of African Football Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Cape Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Congo · Côte d'Ivoire · Djibouti · DR Congo · Egypt · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Réunion† · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Zambia · Zanzibar† · Zimbabwe † Associate member - Not a member of FIFA