Career
He played for Lokomotíva Košice (1953), Spartak VSS Košice (1954–1956), Slovan Bratislava (1957–1959) and ended his career in Jednota/VSS Košice (1959–1968). Kánássy made over 300 appearances at Czechoslovak Football. Kánássy was capped twice for the Czechoslovakia national football B team and 7 times for Czechoslovak youth squads but he never got a chance at the First team
He acted as assistant coach at VSS Košice alongside Jozef Vengloš in the 1970-1971 season when club finished second at the Czechoslovak First League.