It’s been quite a week for Raphael Guerreiro.

The 20-year-old defender, who plays for modest French club Lorient, was largely unknown among Portuguese fans until last Friday.

That changed after the left-back’s sparkling debut for the Seleção against Armenia. Things got even better in Manchester on Tuesday night as Guerreiro scored a spectacular winning goal against World Cup runners-up Argentina at Old Trafford.

These are heady days for rising Portuguese star Bernardo Silva.

The decision by Benfica to loan the 20-year-old midfield schemer to Monaco this season upset many of the Eagles’ supporters who were convinced Silva deserved to be given a chance in the Portuguese champions’ senior team. What has happened since only backs up that opinion.

Monaco’s Portuguese coach Leonardo Jardim has not been afraid to throw Silva into action, even in the Champions League, and the Portugal U21 star has responded positively.

In the latest in our On The Rise series, Sam Biggers looks at some bright prospects from FC Porto’s youth set-up.

Porto is a side crawling with talent at the moment. After last season’s disappointment, new coach Julen Lopetegui was given licence to strengthen the squad significantly, bringing in big names from clubs like Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.

But beyond all the talent brought in from foreign climes, Porto has an arsenal of top-quality youngsters, the standard-bearer Rúben Neves having already broken into the senior side. PortuGOAL presents five of Porto’s most promising youth players.

A look at Benfica academy products with a big future… away from Lisbon

In January 2014 Benfica president Luís Filipe Vieira said: “My dream, which I share with all Benfica fans, is to have a first team ‘made in Benfica’.” He was part responding to criticism of the reluctance of coach Jorge Jesus to select Portuguese youth players in the senior side, and part justifying the heavy investment made in the club’s youth structure – which has yet to bear fruit.

To be more precise, it is yet to bear fruit for the Eagles. However, an array of exciting young talents are now beginning to make their mark in other teams, with André Gomes a regular for Valencia and Bernardo Silva also starting the last three games for Monaco, including one in the Champions League where he earned widespread praise after a highly promising display. Jonathan Mancini takes a detailed look at five youngsters who emerged from Benfica’s Caixa Futebol Campus academy.