 He was in the last season of his contract at Groningen and had made it clear his intention to leave on a Bosman so Groningen sold him to Atalanta in the January transfer window rather than lose him for nothing in the summer.When he left Groningen in January 2017 Hateboer had been credited with the most assists for a defender in the Eredivise that season.In the 2017–18 season Hateboer became a regular for Atalanta B.C.