Born in
Cosenza,
Calabria, Papa made his league debut for
Serie C2 team
Rende on 14 January 2007 as substitute. At the end of the season the team relegated, re-located to Cosenza and merged with AS Cosenza Calcio and became
Fortitudo Cosenza. In June 2007 he was loaned to
Inter's Primavera youth team along with Francesco D'Angelo. In July 2008, Inter decided to buy him outright and loaned him to
Triestina. He spent 2009–10 season at
Chievo for free. In July 2010 he left for
Prima Divisione club
Foligno along with Jacopo Fiorucci from Chievo reserve. The club signed
Ivan Merli Sala and Papa in
co-ownership deal from Chievo for a peppercorn of €100 each. He was the regular of the team. In June 2012 Chievo bought back Papa but he was transferred to
Santarcangelo. On 2 July 2021 he signed with
Ancona-Matelica. On 20 September 2022, Papa moved to
Gelbison. ==References==