[2][3][6] Zoltan Farmati, nicknamed Bimbo was born on 9 July 1924 in Șimleu Silvaniei, Romania, being the eldest of eight brothers and he started to play 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 in a 1–0 away loss in front of Ciocanul București.

[2][7][8] In the 1950 Divizia A season he won another title with the club, being used by coach Francisc Dvorzsák in 23 matches in which he did not score, also appearing in the 1950 Cupa României final which was lost with 3–1 in front of CCA București.

[2] Zoltan Farmati played 21 games at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Colea Vâlcov in a 3–1 home loss in front of Yugoslavia at the 1947 Balkan Cup.

[11][13] Farmati's last two matches played for the national team were an away loss in front Czechoslovakia and a home win with Bulgaria at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers.