Career
He is known for his goatee and sideburns with his bald head Roma in season 2000-2001. A Roma youth product, Lupatelli was farmed to Chievo in 2001-2002 to 2002-2003 season, after he played just 12 Serie A games for the capital club, wearing the number 10 despite being a goalkeeper.
He was sold for 3 billion Italian lire in a co-ownership deal.
In the 2003-2004 season, he returned to Roma for €0.9million, as the backup of Ivan Pelizzoli. In summer 2004, he joined Fiorentina on free transfer.
Lupatelli was the regular feature of the Fiorentina team in the 2004-2005 season, but after the arrival of Sébastien Frey (since 2005), Bogdan Lobonţ (2006-2007) and Vlada Avramov (since 2007), he became the third choice, and was loaned to Parma during 2005-2006 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, acting as backup of Federico Marchetti.
He was set to became a free agent on 1 July 2010, and was not call-up to 2010-2011 pre-season camp. During the 2010-2011 Summer Window Transfers, 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 was the backup of Frey again.
On 15 July 2012, he joined Fiorentina on a free transfer. He retired from football after his contract with Fiorentina expired on 1 July 2015.