Daniil Yevgenyevich Markov (; born 30 July 1976) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played a nine-year career in the National Hockey League. He also played 11 seasons in the top tier Russian leagues.

Playing career As a youth, Markov played in the 1990 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Moscow.

Markov began his career in 1993, playing for HC Spartak Moscow in Russia. The Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL drafted him in the 9th round of the 1995 NHL entry draft. However, partway through the 1996–97 season, he left Moscow and began playing for the Maple Leafs' farm team, the St. John's Maple Leafs. He made the jump to the NHL at the end of the 1997–98 season.

After four seasons in Toronto, he was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes for Travis Green, Robert Reichel, and Craig Mills. He played two seasons for the Coyotes before joining the Carolina Hurricanes for the 2003–04 season; once again, he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for forward Justin Williams partway through the season. On March 5, 2004, he scored the 10,000th goal in Flyers history against Patrick Lalime and the Ottawa Senators during a 5–3 win at the Wachovia Center.

In the time leading up to the 2005–06, the Flyers found themselves in potential trouble with the new salary cap and needed to unload some salary. Thus, they traded Markov to the Nashville Predators for a third round pick in the 2006 NHL entry draft. On 26 July 2006, the Detroit Red Wings signed Markov as a free agent. Markov then signed a two-year contract with Dynamo Moscow in Russia.

Markov is noted for his toughness. One game which Markov played for the Leafs involved him receiving an injury below his eye which required stitches. He took the stitches without anesthetic in order to keep playing. Markov is also well known for returning to Jaromír Jágr his infamous "goal-salute" after the Maple Leafs knocked the Penguins out of the 1999 NHL playoffs during an Eastern Conference Semi-Finals overtime win.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs     Regular season   Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1993–94Spartak MoscowIHL13101610000 1994–95Spartak MoscowIHL3901136————— 1995–96Spartak MoscowRSL382021220002 1996–97Spartak MoscowRSL3936941————— 1996–97St. John's Maple LeafsAHL10246181126814 1997–98St. John's Maple LeafsAHL523232612420110 1997–98Toronto Maple LeafsNHL2525728————— 1998–99Toronto Maple LeafsNHL574812471706618 1999–2000Toronto Maple LeafsNHL5901010281203310 2000–01Toronto Maple LeafsNHL5931316341111212 2001–02Phoenix CoyotesNHL726303667————— 2002–03Phoenix CoyotesNHL644162036————— 2003–04Carolina HurricanesNHL444101437————— 2003–04Philadelphia FlyersNHL34235581812325 2004–05Vityaz ChekhovRUS II26571216120336 2005–06Nashville PredatorsNHL58011116250006 2006–07Detroit Red WingsNHL6641216591800013 2007–08Dynamo MoscowRSL2904474921312 2008–09Dynamo MoscowKHL24347121014522 2009–10Dynamo MoscowKHL4259143030004 2010–11Vityaz ChekhovKHL45581328————— 2010–11SKA St. PetersburgKHL40332101348 2011–12Vityaz ChekhovKHL2705539————— 2011–12Metallurg MagnitogorskKHL100558123144 2012–13Vityaz ChekhovKHL4311298————— 2012–13CSKA MoscowKHL4000490110 2013–14CSKA MoscowKHL121120————— NHL totals 538 29 118 147 456 81 2 12 14 84 RSL totals 106 5 10 15 127 11 2 1 3 14 KHL totals 211 15 36 51 221 44 5 9 14 38

International Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM 1998 Russia WC 5th 4 0 0 0 0 2002 Russia OG 5 0 1 1 0 2006 Russia OG 4th 8 0 2 2 4 2008 Russia WC 8 0 1 1 2 Senior totals 25 0 4 4 6

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