 He was alleged to have failed a doping test in September 2017, shortly after Benevento's 1–0 Serie A defeat to Torino; with the defender having tested positive for a banned substance.An Anabolic steroid, known as Clostebol was detected in the sample Lucioni provided.Following this, in January 2018 the Benevento captain was suspended by NADO (Italy's National Anti-Doping Organization).