Mihai Tänzer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 February 1905 | ||
| Place of birth |
Temesvár, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 22 September 1993 (aged 88) | ||
| Place of death | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1922–1929 | Chinezul Timișoara | 189 | (55) |
| 1929–1939 | Ferencváros | 381 | (78) |
| 1939–1940 |
Ripensia Timișoara | 12 | (2) |
| Total | 582 | (135) | |
| International career | |||
| 1923–1929 | Romania | 10 | (1) |
| 1929–1932 | Hungary | 5 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mihai Tänzer (
.Club career
In the early 1920s, Timișoara "Chinezul" dominated the Romanian football scene, even winning against important teams from the rest of Europe. Mihai Tänzer made his first senior appearance, at the age of 16, on the first team of the club, which already had 83 players. He soon found his place among the stalwarts as Ritter, Hoksary, Steiner, Wetzer, Semler and Vogl. A midfielder, in a few years he became one of the best European players in this position.[citation needed]
Chinezul was among the top teams of that time, alongside
At the end of 1929, he arrived at
International career
Tänzer made his debut for Romania on 2 September 1923 in a match against Poland ended 1–1. He represented his country at the 1924 Summer Olympics[3] in Paris, he got 10 caps for Romania between 1923 and 1929 and scored once. In 1929, he went to play for neighbouring Hungary[4] as "Táncos Mihály", and earned five caps scoring a goal.
Never giving up his Romanian citizenship, afterwards Táncos became Tänzer once again, returning to Romania and living the rest of his life in Cluj.
Honours
Chinezul Timișoara
- Liga I: 6
- 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927
Ferencváros TC
- Hungarian League: 3
- 1932, 1934, 1938
- Magyar Kupa: 2
- 1933, 1935
- Mitropa Cup: 1
- 1937
References
- ^ "Mihai Tänzer". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ Ripensia vs. Ferencvárosi
- ^ fifa.com/worldfootball
- ^ Players Appearing for Two or More Countries Archived 3 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Mihai Tänzer at RSSSF
- Mihai Tänzer at Sports Reference
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