Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Cape Verdian player scored 22 international goals in 93 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:  8- 1-1990
Country: Cape Verde
Caps:	88	(W36-D25-L27 – GF97-GA93 – %55.11)
Goals:	22
Age First Cap: 20 yr 215 d   11- 8-2010 vs. Senegal 0-1
Age Last Cap:  35 yr 151 d    8- 6-2025 vs. Georgia 1-1
National Team Career: 14 yr 301 d

Cap  Goals     Date     Venue	        Opponent       Score    Competition

 1	     11- 8-10	Dakar   	Senegal 	0-1
 2	     10-10-10	Harare  	Zimbabwe	0-0	African Cup Qualifier
 3	     16-11-10	Lisboa  	Guinea-Bissau  	2-1
 4	     26- 3-11	Praia   	Liberia 	4-2	African Cup Qualifier	
 5	      5- 6-11	Monrovia	Liberia 	0-1	African Cup Qualifier
 6	      3- 9-11	Bamako  	Mali    	0-3	African Cup Qualifier
 7   1   1    8-10-11	Praia   	Zimbabwe	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
 8   1   2   29- 2-12	Antananarivo	Madagascar	4-0	African Cup Qualifier
 9	 2    9- 6-12	Praia   	Tunisia  	1-2	World Cup Qualifier 
10   2   4   16- 6-12	Praia   	Madagascar	3-1	African Cup Qualifier
11	 4   14-10-12	Yaoundé 	Cameroon	1-2	African Cup Qualifier
12	 4    9- 1-13	Faro-Loulé	Nigeria 	0-0
13	 4   19- 1-13	Johannesburg	South Africa	0-0	African Nations Cup
14	 4   23- 1-13	Durban  	Morocco 	1-1	African Nations Cup
15	 4   27- 1-13	Port Elizabeth	Angola  	2-1	African Nations Cup
16	 4    2- 2-13	Port Elizabeth	Ghana   	0-2	African Nations Cup
17	 4    7- 9-13	Radès   	Tunisia  	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
18	 4    5- 3-14	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	0-0
19   1   5   10- 9-14	Praia   	Zambia  	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
20	 5   15-11-14	Praia   	Niger   	3-1	African Cup Qualifier
21	 5    7- 1-15	Seixal  	Equat. Guinea  	1-1
22	 5   10- 1-15	Dakar   	Congo-Brazzav.	3-2
23	 5   18- 1-15	Ebebiyin	Tunisia  	1-1	African Nations Cup
24	 5   22- 1-15	Ebebiyin	Congo-Kinshasa	0-0	African Nations Cup
25	 5   26- 1-15	Ebebiyin	Zambia  	0-0	African Nations Cup
26	 5   31- 3-15	Estoril 	Portugal	2-0
27   1   6    6- 9-15	Cairo   	Libya   	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
28	 6   13-11-15	Nairobi 	Kenya   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
29	 6   26- 3-16	Praia   	Morocco 	0-1	African Cup Qualifier
30	 6   29- 3-16	Marrakech	Morocco 	0-2	African Cup Qualifier
31	 6    4- 6-16	São Tomé	São Tomé/Pr..	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
32	 6    3- 9-16	Praia   	Libya   	0-1
33	 6   11- 6-17	Praia   	Uganda  	0-1	African Cup Qualifier
34	 6    1- 9-17	Praia   	South Africa	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
35	 6    5- 9-17	Durban  	South Africa	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
36	 6    7-10-17	Praia   	Senegal 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
37	 6   14-11-17	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	0-4	World Cup Qualifier
38   1   7    1- 6-18	Alger   	Algeria 	3-2	
39	 7    9- 9-18	Maseru  	Lesotho 	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
40	 7   17-11-18	Kampala 	Uganda  	0-1	African Cup Qualifier
41	 7   24- 3-19	Praia   	Lesotho 	0-0	African Cup Qualifier
42	 7   10-10-19	Fos-sur-Mer	Togo    	2-1	
43	 7   13-11-19	Yaoundé 	Cameroon	0-0	African Cup Qualifier
44   1   8   18-11-19	Praia   	Mozambique	2-2	African Cup Qualifier
45   2  10    7-10-20	Andorra La V.	Andorra 	2-1	
46	10   10-10-20	São João da Venda  Guinea  	1-2	
47	10   12-11-20	Praia   	Rwanda  	0-0	African Cup Qualifier
48	10   17-11-20	Kigali  	Rwanda  	0-0	African Cup Qualifier
49   1  11   26- 3-21	Praia   	Cameroon	3-1	African Cup Qualifier
50	11    1- 9-21	Douala  	Central Afr. R.	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
51	11    7- 9-21	Mindelo 	Nigeria 	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
52	11    7-10-21	Accra   	Liberia 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
53   1  12   10-10-21	Mindelo 	Liberia 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
54	12   13-11-21	Mindelo 	Central Afr. R.	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
55	12   16-11-21	Lagos   	Nigeria 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
56	12   13- 1-22	Yaoundé 	Burkina Faso	0-1	African Nations Cup
57	12   25- 1-22	Bafoussam	Senegal 	0-2	African Nations Cup
58	12   23- 2-22	Orléans 	Guadeloupe 	2-0 [*]	
59	12    3- 6-22	Marrakech	Burkina Faso	0-2	African Cup Qualifier
60	12    7- 6-22	Marrakech	Togo    	2-0	African Cup Qualifier
61   1  13   23- 9-22	Riffa   	Bahrain 	2-1	
62	13   24- 3-23	Praia   	Eswatini	0-0	African Cup Qualifier
63   1  14   28- 3-23	Nelspruit	Eswatini	1-0	African Cup Qualifier
64	14   12- 6-23	Rabat   	Morocco 	0-0	
65	14   18- 6-23	Praia   	Burkina Faso	3-1	African Cup Qualifier
66	14   10- 9-23	Lomé    	Togo    	2-3	African Cup Qualifier
67	14   12-10-23	Constantine	Algeria 	1-5	
68	14   16-11-23	Praia   	Angola  	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
69   1  15   21-11-23	Mbombela	Eswatini	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
70	15   10- 1-24	Radès   	Tunisia  	0-2	
71	15   14- 1-24	Abidjan 	Ghana   	2-1	African Nations Cup
72   1  16   19- 1-24	Abidjan 	Mozambique	3-0	African Nations Cup
73	16   22- 1-24	Abidjan 	Egypt   	2-2	African Nations Cup
74   1  17   29- 1-24	Abidjan 	Mauritania	1-0	African Nations Cup
75	17    3- 2-24	Bouaké  	South Africa 	0-0 [1]	African Nations Cup
76   1  18   21- 3-24	Jeddah  	Guyana  	1-0	FIFA Series 2024
77	18   25- 3-24	Jeddah  	Equat. Guinea  	1-0	FIFA Series 2024
78	18    8- 6-24	Douala  	Cameroon	1-4	World Cup Qualifier
79	18   11- 6-24	Praia   	Libya   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
80	18    6- 9-24	Cairo   	Egypt   	0-3	African Cup Qualifier
81   2  20   10- 9-24	Praia   	Mauritania	2-0	African Cup Qualifier
82	20   10-10-24	Praia   	Botswana	0-1	African Cup Qualifier
83	20   15-10-24	Francistown	Botswana	0-1	African Cup Qualifier
84   1  21   15-11-24	Praia   	Egypt   	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
85      21   20- 3-25	Praia		Mauritius	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
86      21   25- 3-25	Luanda  	Angola		2-1	World Cup Qualifier
87	21   29- 5-25	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	1-1	
88   1	22    8- 6-25	Kutaisi 	Georgia 	1-1	
89      22    9- 9-25   Praia           Cameroon        0-1     World Cup Qualifier
90      22    8-10-25   Tripoli         Libya           3-3      
91      22   13-10-25   Praia           Eswatini        3-0     World Cup Qualifier
92      22   13-11-25   Al-Ain          Iran            0-0 [2] Al-Ain Internat. Cup
93      22   17-11-25   Al-Ain          Egypt           1-1 [3] Al-Ain Internat. Cup

[1] Cape Verde lost 1-2 on penalty kicks.
[2] Cape Verde lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[3] Cape Verde lost 0-2 on penalty kicks.
[*] Not full A for FIFA (non FIFA member)

 
Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    93    37   28   28   104-  98     102       54.88

Types of             Matches  Goals

African Cup Qualifier	34	12
World Cup Qualifier	21	 2
Friendlies		20	 5
African Nations Cup	14	 2
FIFA Series 2024  	 2 	 1
Other Tournaments	 2 	 0

Total caps / goals: 	93	22

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