Zoltan Farmati
Romanian footballer

Zoltan Farmati
Personal information
Date of birth 9 July 1924
Place of birth Șimleu Silvaniei, Romania[1]
Date of death 3 January 2006(2006-01-03) (aged 81)
Place of death Ghioroc, Romania
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1945 Ferar Cluj[a] 26 (0)
1946–1959 UTA Arad[b] 193 (10)
Total 219 (10)
International career
1947–1953 Romania 21 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zoltan Farmati (Hungarian: Farmati Zoltán; 9 July 1924 – 3 January 2006) was a Romanian association football defender.[4] Between 1947 and 1953 he played 21 matches for the national team, including one at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1][5] Domestically he spent the majority of his career with UTA Arad, winning with them three national titles and two cups.[2][3][6]

Club career

Farmati, nicknamed Bimbo, was born on 9 July 1924 in Șimleu Silvaniei, Romania, and was the eldest of eight brothers.[2][3][6] He began playing football in 1942 at CA Cluj in the Hungarian league, a competition in which he made two appearances.[2][3][6] In 1946, the club was renamed Ferar and started to play in the Romanian league where he made his debut on 25 August 1946 under coach Iuliu Bodola in a 1–0 away loss to Ciocanul București.[2][3][6][7] After one season, Farmati joined UTA Arad, helping them win The Double in his first season, being used by coach Petre Steinbach in 26 matches in which he scored a personal record of nine goals.[2][8] He also played in the 3–2 victory in the 1948 Cupa României final against CFR Timișoara.[2][9] In the 1950 Divizia A season, Farmati won another title with the club, being used by coach Francisc Dvorzsák in 23 matches in which he did not score.[2][8] In the same season he appeared in the 1950 Cupa României final which was lost with 3–1 to CCA București.[2][10] Farmati helped The Old Lady win the 1953 Cupa României, being used the entire match by coach Coloman Braun-Bogdan in the 1–0 victory against CCA București in the final.[2][11] Braun-Bogdan also gave him 23 appearances in the 1954 Divizia A season when he won his third title with the club.[2][8] On 19 November 1958, Farmati played his last Divizia A match in UTA's 3–1 home victory against Petrolul Ploiești, having a total of 217 games with 10 goals scored in the competition.[2]

International career

Farmati played 21 games for Romania, making his debut under coach Colea Vâlcov in a 3–1 home loss to Yugoslavia in the 1947 Balkan Cup.[12][13] His following game was a 3–2 win over Bulgaria in the same competition.[12] Subsequently, he made five appearances in the 1948 Balkan Cup.[12] He was selected by coach Gheorghe Popescu to play in the 1952 Summer Olympics, appearing in the 2–1 loss in the first round against eventual champions Hungary.[12][14] Farmati's last two matches played for the national team were an away loss to Czechoslovakia and a home win against Bulgaria in the 1954 World Cup qualifiers.[12]

Later life and death

Farmati worked at UTA's center for children and juniors and also served as an assistant several times for the team's senior squad.[6]

He died on 3 January 2006 at age 81.[2][3][6]

A book about Farmati was written by Radu Romănescu and Ionel Costin titled Zoltan Farmati – Cavalerul de la brațul Bătrânei Doamne (Zoltan Farmati – The Knight from the Old Lady's Arm), which was released in 2017.[6][15]

Honours

UTA Arad

Notes

  1. ^ Including two games played in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I where the club played before 1945 under the name Kolozsvár AC.[2][3]
  2. ^ The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for UTA Arad are not official.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Zoltan Farmati. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Zoltan Farmati at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ^ a b c d e f Zoltan Farmati at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ "Zoltan Farmati". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  5. ^ Zoltan Farmati at WorldFootball.net
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Bimbo Farmati, cavalerul Bătrânei Doamne" [Bimbo Farmati, Knight of the Old Lady] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Ciocanul Bucuresti vs Club Atletic Cluj 1-0" (in Romanian). Labtof.ro. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1947 - 1948". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1950". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1953". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Zoltan Farmati profile". European Football. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Romania 1-3 Yugoslavia". European Football. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Jocurile Olimpice de la Helsinki: Ungaria 2-1 România, 15 iulie 1952" [Helsinki Olympics: Hungary 2-1 Romania, July 15, 1952] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Lansare de carte: Zoltan Farmati" [Book launching: Zoltan Farmati] (in Romanian). Glsa.ro. 17 April 2017. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
    ""Zoltan Farmati – Cavalerul de la brațul Bătrânei Doamne" - o nouă carte ce evocă una din marile glorii ale UTA-ei" ["Zoltan Farmati - The Knight from the Old Lady's Arm" - a new book that evokes one of the great glories of UTA] (in Romanian). Arq.ro. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
    "Carte în memoria lui Farmati" [Book in memory of Farmati] (in Romanian). Aradon.ro. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  • Zoltan Farmati at Labtof.ro
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