Cristiano Lupatelli (born 21 June 1978) is an Italian professional

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coach and former player who is the goalkeeping coach of club Juventus U23. As a player, he was a

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; he is known for his trademark

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and

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with his

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Club career

Lupatelli was born in

Perugia Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...

. He won a

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while playing for

A.S. Roma ' (''Rome Sport Association''), commonly referred to as Roma (), is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top tier of Italian football for all of its existence, except for ...

in season 2000–01. A Roma youth product, Lupatelli was farmed to

Chievo Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige. It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona, which competes in the second ...

for the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons, after he played just 12 Serie A games for the capital club, wearing the

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, despite being a goalkeeper, because of a bet he made with friends. He was sold to Chievo for 3 billion

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in a co-ownership deal in 2002. In the 2003–04 season, he returned to Roma for €900,000, as the backup of

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. In summer 2004, he joined

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on a free transfer. Lupatelli featured regularly for the Fiorentina first team in the 2004–05 season, but after the arrival of

Sébastien Frey Sébastien Jacques André Frey (born 18 March 1980) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His club career began in France with Cannes in 1997, but later went on to spend most of his career in the Italian Serie A, ...

in 2005,

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in the 2006–07 season, and

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in 2007, he became the club's third choice keeper, and was loaned out to Parma during 2005–06 season for part of Frey's deal. Whilst on loan at

Parma F.C. Parma Calcio 1913 (), commonly known as Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, which competes in the Serie B, the second tier of Italian football. ''Parma Football Club'' was originally founded in Decembe ...

, he was exchanged with

Matteo Guardalben Matteo Guardalben (born 5 June 1974) is an Italian former professional football goalkeeper. Club career Guardalben was born in Nogara, Province of Verona. After five seasons with Parma, Guardalben (along with Nicola Mora and Matuzalém) joined P ...

mid-season. In September 2008, he joined

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

on a free transfer, acting as a deputy to

Federico Marchetti Federico Marchetti (; born 7 February 1983) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Spezia. Marchetti began his professional club career with Torino in 2002, and was subsequently loaned out to Pro Verce ...

. He was set to become a free agent on 1 July 2010, and was not called up to the club's 2010–11 pre-season training camp. During the 2010–11 summer transfer window, he joined

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on a free transfer, as

Emiliano Viviano Emiliano Viviano (; born 1 December 1985) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük. Club career Brescia Born in Florence, Viviano is a product of Fiorentina and Brescia youth ...

's backup. On 8 July 2011, he joined

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

on a free transfer, after being released from Bologna. He served as the backup to Frey once again. On 15 July 2012, he joined

once again, on a free transfer. He retired from football after his contract with Fiorentina expired on 1 July 2015.

Managerial career

On 15 August 2018, Lupatelli was appointed goalkeeping coach of newly-formed

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club Juventus U23, the reserve team of

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

References

External links

Lupatelli's profile (from Cagliari official website)
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