Volpi was capped twice for the Italy senior side at international level, and spent over ten seasons in Serie A throughout his career.

He then spent his career in Italian top division, for Bari, Venezia, Piacenza, Sampdoria and Bologna.

[2] Volpi made his international debut with the Italy senior side under manager Giovanni Trapattoni, in a friendly match in Palermo against the Czech Republic on 18 February 2004, at the age of 30.

Along with Volpi, Simone Barone and Stefano Bettarini also received their first call-up[3] and made their debut during the match, which ended in a 2–2 draw.

Later on the same month in 2011, Volpi was initially appointed together with Andrea Di Cintio as the new coach of Piacenza, but already on August 5, 2011 the technical guidance of the first team passed to the manager of Primavera, Massimo Cerri, with Volpi taking his place at the helm of the Berretti team of the club.