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![Lopes was born in Ireland to a Cape Verdean father and an Irish mother.[10] He made one appearance for the Republic of Ireland's under-19 squad in 2011.[11]
In 2018, Cape Verde national team coach Rui Águas became aware of Lopes' eligibility to play for the country and sent him a message on LinkedIn asking if he would like to declare. However, the message was written in Portuguese, which Lopes did not speak, and he ignored it believing it was spam. Nine months later, Águas followed up in English and Lopes, realizing his mistake, accepted the offer.[12] He made his international debut for Cape Verde in a 2–0 friendly win over Togo in 2019](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a24ofrxvrd5xb3agrna2pp6h/bafkreiasddx6vm3yodt43hx4rrutotuqlpm6eg7pfepajtks67fubb3cyq)
