In the early 1920s, Timișoara "Chinezul" dominated the Romanian football scene, even winning against important teams from the rest of Europe.
At the end of 1929, he arrived at Ferencváros, the most popular Hungarian club at that time, and was known there as Táncos Mihály.
At the 1938 Mitropa Cup, he faced Ripensia, another powerhouse team from Timișoara, which in the late 1930s won four national titles in Romania.
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.