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Cape Verdean players earn only a few thousand yuan a month—nowhere near enough for even one meal of sea cucumber!

At the 2026 World Cup, the Cape Verde team ranked 70th in the world managed to draw consecutively against Spain and Uruguay, two former world champions, shocking the football world. More upsetting than the upset results is the little-known survival story behind this team. According to local Chinese merchants, the monthly salary of Cape Verdean native players—converted into RMB—is only 1,000 to 2,000 yuan. Most players need to take on multiple part-time jobs to support their families; goalkeeper Vozinia is no exception. In Cape Verde, after 23 years in business, Wenzhou businessman Mr. Lin has known Vozinia since long ago. In their early years, the two brothers from Vozinia played for a local club that Mr. Lin had sponsored with supplies over a long period of time. Vozinia’s cousin now works at a clothing store run by Mr. Lin’s wife. As Mr. Lin explains, the monthly salary of native Cape Verdean players—converted into RMB—only falls in the range of 1,000 to 2,000 yuan, and the basic wages of local ordinary residents are basically kept within that same range; only some civil servants earn relatively higher pay.

The Cape Verde squad’s way of surviving lies in recruiting large numbers of descendants of Cape Verdean expatriates. In this national team, more than half of the players come from Cape Verdean immigrant communities in countries such as Portugal, France, and the Netherlands. Most of these players received youth training at clubs in Europe and have competed in leagues at various levels. Previously, goalkeeper Vozinia played for the Portuguese second-division team, the Shavish. His contract is set to expire on June 30, and the club has informed him that they will not renew his contract—this hero who kept Spain off the scoresheet at the World Cup is about to become a free agent.

Even so, the Cape Verdeans’ passion for football has never faded. Mr. Lin told reporters that football has long been embedded in Cape Verdean local culture “in the bones.” Almost every district has its own football club, and you can see children and young people playing soccer everywhere in the streets. “Everyone plays purely out of love for the game. Being able to represent their hometown and their country to compete is very precious to them.”