Peter Ganczner was born in Nové Zámky into a family of soccer veterans (his father Ladislav was a long-term active player in ŠK Žilina; later he was a soccer coach). He studied soccer coaching specialization at FTVŠ UK. He played soccer for Elektrosvit Nové Zámky while attending university. His coaching career began in Vzlet Brno in 1990. He currently runs his own soccer school which he established in Nové Zámky. He has regularly contributed to Football Coach and Pro Football magazines. He is a co-author of the book The Whole Team Attack, or How the Attacking Is Done Today, I and II, which was published in 2006.