Cristiano Lupatelli

Cristiano Lupatelli (born 21 June 1978) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the goalkeeping coach of club Juventus U23. As a player, he was a goalkeeper; he is known for his trademark goatee and sideburns with his bald head.[1]

Cristiano Lupatelli
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-06-21) 21 June 1978
Place of birth Perugia, Italy
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Juventus U23 (goalkeeping coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999 Fidelis Andria 25 (0)
1999–2001 Roma 12 (0)
2001–2003 Chievo 59 (0)
2003–2004 Roma 0 (0)
2004–2008 Fiorentina 32 (0)
2005 → Parma (loan) 8 (0)
2006 → Palermo (loan) 5 (0)
2008–2010 Cagliari 5 (0)
2010–2011 Bologna 1 (0)
2011–2012 Genoa 0 (0)
2012–2015 Fiorentina 1 (0)
Total 148 (0)
International career
2000 Italy U21 2 (0)
Managerial career
2018– Juventus U23 (goalkeeping)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Lupatelli was born in Perugia. He won a scudetto while playing for A.S. Roma in season 2000–01. A Roma youth product, Lupatelli was farmed to Chievo for the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons, after he played just 12 Serie A games for the capital club, wearing the number 10 jersey, despite being a goalkeeper,[2] because of a bet he made with friends.[3] He was sold to Chievo for 3 billion Italian lire in a co-ownership deal in 2002.[4] In the 2003–04 season, he returned to Roma for €900,000,[5] as the backup of Ivan Pelizzoli.

In summer 2004, he joined Fiorentina on a free transfer.[6]

Lupatelli featured regularly for the Fiorentina first team in the 2004–05 season, but after the arrival of Sébastien Frey in 2005, Bogdan Lobonţ in the 2006–07 season, and Vlada Avramov 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., he was exchanged with Matteo Guardalben mid-season.

In September 2008, he joined Cagliari on a free transfer,[7] acting as a deputy to Federico Marchetti.

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.[8] During the 2010–11 summer transfer window, he joined Bologna on a free transfer, as Emiliano Viviano's backup.

On 8 July 2011, he joined Genoa on a free transfer, after being released from Bologna. He served as the backup to Frey once again.

On 15 July 2012, he joined Fiorentina once again, on a free transfer.[9]

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 Serie C club Juventus U23, the reserve team of Juventus.[10]

References
  1. Intervista al “Lupo” Lupatelli, tra Harley, Firenze, Sardegna e Stati Uniti iosperiamonche.it
  2. "Il 5, l'8 o il 10. Portiere, ma che numero di maglia porti? - Foto Gallery - Sky Sport". Archived from the original on 8 September 2014.
  3. Intervista a Cristiano Lupatelli ilnumero1.it
  4. "Lupatelli va al Chievo, Di Francesco a Piacenza". AS Roma (in Italian). 29 June 2001. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  5. "Comunicato Stampa" (PDF). AS Roma (in Italian). 27 June 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  6. "Nakata lured by Viola overtures". UEFA.com. 19 July 2004. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  7. "Lupatelli è del Cagliari" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 9 September 2008. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  8. "I convocati per il pre-ritiro". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 29 June 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  9. "Lupatelli rejoins Fiorentina". ACF Fiorentina. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  10. Juventus.com. "Juventus U23: lo staff tecnico". Juventus.com (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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