Ajax and Jorrel Hato have reached an agreement on a new contract. The new contract of the 18-year-old defender will run until June 30, 2028. His old agreement ran until mid-2025.
Hato has been playing in Ajax's youth academy since the summer of 2018, when he joined from Sparta Rotterdam's youth team. On January 11, 2023, he made his debut in the first team during the Dutch Cup match between FC Den Bosch and Ajax (0-2).
The international has made 52 appearances for Ajax's first team so far, scoring once.
Jorrel Hato has been named the greatest talent of the youth academy of Ajax of the 2022/2023 season. The 17-year-old defender succeeds Charlie Setford. Hato accepted the Abdelhak Nouri Trophy on Monday at sports complex de Toekomst at the trophy night.
A great week for Jorrel Hato: the defender is officially part of the Ajax 1st team. With the 17-year-old, we discuss his 'transition' and give him some dilemmas. "I want to improve my heading."
Shirt number four will shine on Jorrel Hato's back this season. In an item for Inside Ajax, we test his knowledge of the shirt number, talk about his predecessors, and discuss his favourite opponents and goals for this season.