In 2005, Hakhverdian stopped playing for ZVL and signed a contract with Ethnikos Piraeus (Athens, Greece), but returned within three months after internal mismanagement.

In 2012, she returned to ZVL and she finished her waterpolo career in 2013 after the World Championship in Barcelona.

Hakhverdian was part of the Dutch team that finished 10th at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal.

[3] The Dutch team finished in fifth place at the 2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship in Málaga and they qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

[1] There they won the gold medal on 21 August, beating the United States 9-8 in the final.