Jesse Ball
Forward · ADO Den Haag · №9
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Feyenoord
ADO Den Haag
Eredivisie
|
2:2 | |
GO Ahead Eagles
ADO Den Haag
Eredivisie
|
3:1 | |
ADO Den Haag
Groningen
Eredivisie
|
1:4 | |
AZ Alkmaar
ADO Den Haag
Eredivisie
|
2:0 | |
ADO Den Haag
Waalwijk
Eerste Divisie
|
5:1 | |
Dordrecht
ADO Den Haag
Eerste Divisie
|
1:0 | |
ADO Den Haag
FC Eindhoven
Eerste Divisie
|
4:0 | |
ADO Den Haag
Jong Ajax
Eerste Divisie
|
4:2 | |
De Graafschap
ADO Den Haag
Eerste Divisie
|
1:2 | |
ADO Den Haag
Jong Utrecht
Eerste Divisie
|
1:0 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Eerste Divisie | 2025 | 12 |
| Eredivisie | 2026 | 4 |
About the player
Jesse Bal was born in Kampala, Uganda, and moved to the Netherlands as a young child, where his football education began at HV & CV Quick before Sparta Rotterdam took him into its youth academy. He worked his way up to Jong Sparta, the club's reserve side, and got his senior football in the Eerste Divisie there before ADO Den Haag signed him in August 2025 on a two-year deal with an option to extend.
Rather than go straight into the first team at Den Haag, he spent the 2025/2026 season on loan in Italy with Parma before his return. Back at ADO Den Haag, he has since committed his long-term future to the club, extending his contract to run until the summer of 2029.
Because of his Ugandan birthplace, Bal is eligible to play for the Cranes, Uganda's national team, even though his development has run entirely through Dutch football and he has represented the Netherlands at youth level.
Career path
- 2026 — 2027 — now ADO Den Haag 36 matches
- 2026 ADO Den Haag U21 1 match
- 2023 — 2025 Sparta Rotterdam U21 36 matches
- 2025 Parma Primavera 4 matches
- 2025 Parma Under 18 2 matches
- 2025 Sparta Rotterdam U19 3 matches
- 2022 — 2024 Sparta Rotterdam U18 33 matches
- 2024 Sparta Rotterdam 3 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | ADO Den Haag | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 141 |
| 25/26 | ADO Den Haag | Keuken Kampioen Divisie | 31 | 8 | 5 | 1 209 |
| 25/26 | ADO Den Haag U21 | U21 Cup Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| 25/26 | ADO Den Haag | KNVB Beker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| 24/25 | Sparta Rotterdam U21 | Tweede Divisie | 15 | 2 | 1 | 753 |
| 24/25 | Parma Primavera | Primavera 2 - A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
| 24/25 | Parma Under 18 | Campionato Under 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| 24/25 | Sparta Rotterdam U19 | U19 Division 1 Fall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 160 |
| 24/25 | Parma Primavera | Supercoppa Primavera 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 24/25 | Sparta Rotterdam U19 | U19 Cup Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 23/24 | Sparta Rotterdam U21 | Tweede Divisie | 18 | 2 | 2 | 754 |
| 23/24 | Sparta Rotterdam U18 | U18 Division 2 Spring | 4 | 2 | 0 | 225 |
| 23/24 | Sparta Rotterdam | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 23/24 | Sparta Rotterdam U18 | O18 Divisie 1 Fall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 90 |
| 23/24 | Sparta Rotterdam | KNVB Beker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 22/23 | Sparta Rotterdam U18 | U18 Division 2 Fall | 12 | 10 | 2 | 930 |
| 22/23 | Sparta Rotterdam U18 | O18 Divisie 1 Spring | 10 | 7 | 2 | 770 |
| 22/23 | Sparta Rotterdam U21 | Tweede Divisie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 62 |
| 22/23 | Sparta Rotterdam U18 | U19 Cup Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 241 |
| 21/22 | Sparta Rotterdam U18 | U18 Division 2 Spring | 2 | 0 | 1 | 180 |
| 21/22 | Sparta Rotterdam U18 | O18 Divisie 1 Fall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Total | ADO Den Haag | 36 | 8 | 5 | 1 393 | |
| Total | Sparta Rotterdam U21 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 1 569 | |
| Total | Sparta Rotterdam U18 | 33 | 21 | 5 | 2 456 | |
| Total | Netherlands U17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 409 | |
| Total | Netherlands U18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 277 | |
| Total | Netherlands U16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 188 | |
| Total | Parma Primavera | 4 | 0 | 0 | 139 | |
| Total | Sparta Rotterdam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Total | Sparta Rotterdam U19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 206 | |
| Total | Netherlands U19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85 | |
| Total | Parma Under 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 102 | |
| Total | ADO Den Haag U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
Transfers
Transfers- 25/26 Sparta U21 ADO Den Haag
- 24/25 Parma U20 Sparta U21
- 24/25 Sparta U21 Parma U20
- 23/24 Sparta R. U18 Sparta U21
- 22/23 Sparta Youth Sparta R. U18
- 14/15 Quick DH Yth. Sparta Youth
