Atieli Pakalani (born 2 August 1989)[1] is a Tongan rugby union player.

[4] Pakalani attended secondary school at Tamaki College in New Zealand.

He also captained the Tongan Under 20 team at the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship.

In 2016 he was successful in an application to use a loophole in World Rugby's eligibility laws to allow him to represent Tonga[7] and on 1 July 2017 he made his international debut for Tonga in a 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifier against Samoa.

[8] Pakalani competed for Tonga at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.