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Raphael Guerreiro Ready to Be Portugal's Next Big Star

Lorient's Portuguese left-winger/left-back Raphael Guerreiro, 21, should strive to increase his reputation at the UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

While diminutive in size—5'7" and 138lbs—Guerreiro is a big talent and could be a future star for the Portuguese national team.

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Guerreiro used to run around in a Caen shirt.

Caen are not an illustrious club, but they have had rough diamonds in the past such as Bernard Mendy, M'Baye Niang, Romain Hamouma, Yoan Gouffran and Youssef El-Arabi.

"My father is a Benfica fan, and I'd love to play for them," Guerreiro said, per Eurosport (h/t Andrew Gibney at FourFourTwo).