Mihai Tänzer ( hu , Táncos Mihály) (7 February 1905 – 22 September 1993) was a

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footballer of

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(

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) ethnicity, he also had Hungarian citizenship when he played in

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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

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. A midfielder, in a few years he became one of the best European players in this position. ''Chinezul'' was among the top teams of that time, alongside Juventus Bucharest,

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, CAO Oradea,

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, C.A.T. Timișoara and

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. During 1922–1927, "Chinezul", with Tänzer on the team, brought six consecutive national titles to Timișoara. At the end of 1929, he arrived at Ferencváros, the most popular Hungarian club at that time, and was known there as ''Táncos Mihály''. He played there for over a decade, winning three national titles, two cups, and one Mitropa Cup as well. At the 1938

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, he faced Ripensia, another powerhouse team from Timișoara, which in the late 1930s won four national titles in Romania. Tänzer scored a goal against them in the last minutes, bringing Ferencváros a close 5–4 victory. After a year he went to play for Ripensia Timișoara, finishing his club career, and later ended up coaching them.

International career

Tänzer made his debut for

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on 2 September 1923 in a match against

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ended 1–1. He represented his country at the

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in Paris, he got 10 caps for Romania between 1923 and 1929 and scored once. In 1929, he went to play for neighbouring

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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

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Honours

Chinezul Timișoara *

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: 6 **1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 Ferencváros TC *

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: 3 **1932, 1934, 1938 * Magyar Kupa: 2 **1933, 1935 *

: 1 **1937

References

External links

Mihai Tänzer
at RSSSF

at Sports Reference {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanzer, Mihai 1905 births 1993 deaths Footballers from Timișoara Danube-Swabian people Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Romania Ferencvárosi TC footballers FC Ripensia Timișoara players Dual internationalists (men's football) Liga I players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Romanian people of German descent Hungarian people of German descent Men's association football midfielders