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Published 16:44 17 Feb 2017 GMT
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Trapattoni, who turns 78 next month, has been out of work since leaving his role as Irish boss in September 2013.
He clearly has an appetite to continue in management and he has been heavily linked with a number of international and club vacancies in recent times.
The latest link has come from South Africa, as the official Twitter account of the national side, Bafana Bafana, has released a list of people who have applied for the post.
https://twitter.com/BafanaBafana/status/832237764968079361
South Africa are currently without a manager after Shakes Mashaba was sacked in December for what was deemed "gross misconduct".
Things haven't fared to much better on the pitch for Bafana Bafana, as they failed to qualify for this year's African Cup of Nations.
Regardless of Trapattoni's style of play, he has a reputation for getting results with somewhat limited resources so his application is not really much of a surprise.
He does face some stern competition, however, as former Manchester City manager, Roberto Mancini and 2017 African Cup of Nations winning coach Hugo Broos are both on the list of applicants.
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