Texas, June 23 -- Former football player and legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic has hailed Lionel Messi's feat on breaking the all-time FIFA World Cup goal record, stating that the Argentinian ace is in a "category of his own", towering over even legends like Pele, Diego Maradona and Johan Cruyff.

Messi's brace not only won his side their clash against Austria, but also brought him above Miroslav Klose (16 goals) as the leading goal-scorer in the history of the FIFA World Cup, with 18 goals. He also equalled the record of France's Just Fontaine and Brazil's Jairzinho by putting his name on the scoresheet in his sixth successive WC game.

Following the match, Ibrahimovic spoke on Fox Sports as quoted by Goal.com, "I do not think there is any debat...